SCIENTIFIC COMMUNITY: Hurricane Rita Spares Major Research Institutions

Impact of hurricane Rita on adolescent substance use.

Little systematic research attention has been devoted to the impact of natural disasters on adolescent substance use. The present study examined relationships among exposure to Hurricane Rita, post-traumatic stress (PTS) symptoms, and changes in adolescent substance use from 13 months pre-disaster to seven and 19 months post-disaster. Subjects were 280 high school students in southwestern Louis...

Impact of Hurricane Rita on Texas poison center calls.

INTRODUCTION On 24 September 2005, Hurricane Rita made landfall in eastern Texas, resulting in the mandatory evacuation of 16 counties and declaration of disaster areas in 22 counties afterward. HYPOTHESIS This study tested whether the evacuation and hurricane landfall affected the pattern of Texas poison center calls. METHODS Texas poison center calls received from the 22 disaster-area cou...

An Empirical Examination of IT-Enabled Emergency Response: The Cases of Hurricane Katrina and Hurricane Rita

Mapping the Diffusion of Information Among Major U.S. Research Institutions

This paper reports the results of a large scale data analysis that aims to identify the information production and consumption among top research institutions in the United States. A 20-year publication data set was analyzed to identify the 500 most cited research institutions and spatiotemporal changes in their inter-citation patterns. A novel approach to analyzing the dual role of institution...

Skin disorders among construction workers following Hurricane Katrina and Hurricane Rita: an outbreak investigation in New Orleans, Louisiana.

OBJECTIVES To determine the extent and scope of the outbreak of skin eruptions, to identify the causes of the acute skin diseases, to identify risk factors for the conditions, and to reduce the dermatologic morbidity among workers repairing buildings damaged by Hurricane Katrina and Hurricane Rita. DESIGN Retrospective cohort study. SETTING Military base in New Orleans, Louisiana. PARTICI...