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Natural Disasters and Public Health

Posted on October 22, 2009 - 2:22pm — akadagathur

Author

First Name:

Virginia M.

Last Name:

Brennan

Subtitle:

Hurricans Katrina, Rita, and Wilma

Publish City:

Baltimore

Publish Company:

The John Hopkins University Press

ISSN/ISBN:

80189199

Language:

English

Medium:

Textual

Year:

2007

The events of Hurricane Katrina have been seared into our collective consciousness, revealing a glaring discrepancy between the experiences of privileged whites and those of low-income blacks. The latter faced a scale of physical danger and mental trauma that the former largely escaped.

Amazon url:

http://www.amazon.com/Natural-Disasters-Public-Health-Hurricanes/dp/080189199X/ref=sr_1_1?ie=UTF8&s=books&qid=1256235447&sr=1-1

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