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Long-Term Public Health Responses in High-Impact Weather Events: Hurricane Maria and Puerto Rico as a Case Study
Published online by Cambridge University Press: 04 November 2019
Abstract
This statement responds to the public health challenges in Puerto Rico in the wake of Hurricane Maria during September 2017. As a result of Maria, and to a certain extent Hurricane Irma, the territory sustained unprecedented damage. We call for a mid- and long-term public health response and research to assess the long-term impacts of high-impact weather events, such as Maria’s effects on Puerto Rico, including impacts on vulnerable populations’ environmental health and well-being.
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- Disaster Medicine and Public Health Preparedness , Volume 14 , Issue 1 , February 2020 , pp. 18 - 22
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- © 2019 Society for Disaster Medicine and Public Health, Inc.
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