Health Concerns of Women and Infants in Times of Natural Disasters: Lessons Learned from Hurricane Katrina
Author: Callaghan, et al.
Year: 2007
Resource type: Article
Health Concerns of Women and Infants in Times of Natural Disasters: Lessons Learned from Hurricane Katrina. Callaghan WM, Rasmussen SA, Jamieson DJ et al. Maternal Child Health Journal (2007) 11:307-31. The effect of hurricane on pregnant women and infants.
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Callaghan, et al. (2007). Health Concerns of Women and Infants in Times of Natural Disasters: Lessons Learned from Hurricane Katrina. www.ennonline.net/hurricanekatrinalessons
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