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editorial
. 2006 Feb;98(2):271–274.

Public health and Hurricane Katrina: lessons learned and what we can do now.

Keith C Ferdinand 1
PMCID: PMC2595083  PMID: 16708514

Abstract

Keith C. Ferdinand, MD, FACC, presently resides in Atlanta, GA, displaced from his native New Orleans by Hurricane Katrina, September 2005. The hurricane destroyed hiss cardiovascular center and severely damaged his home. In Atlanta, he is director of the Association of Black Cardiologists Hurricane Katrina Relief.

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