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Hurricane María and Public Health in Puerto Rico: Lessons Learned to Increase Resiliency and Prepare for Future Disasters
BACKGROUND: On September 20, 2017, Hurricane Maria, a devastating Category 5 storm struck the Caribbean Island of Puerto Rico and officially took the lives of 2 975 people although the Harvard University survey in 2018 placed that number much higher at 4 645 [12]. The island’s infrastructure was dev...
Autor principal: | Guerra Velázquez, Gabriela R. |
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Formato: | Online Artículo Texto |
Lenguaje: | English |
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Ubiquity Press
2022
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Acceso en línea: | https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC9504014/ https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/36213729 http://dx.doi.org/10.5334/aogh.3869 |
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