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Case Reports
. 2022 Apr 30;1(3):178-179.
doi: 10.1016/j.jacig.2022.04.004. eCollection 2022 Aug.

Disaster differentially affects underserved communities

Margaret P Huntwork  1 , Thao P Le  1 , Keith L Winfrey  2 , John C Carlson  1
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Disaster differentially affects underserved communities

Margaret P Huntwork et al. J Allergy Clin Immunol Glob. .

Abstract

Patients with barriers to care, including poverty and language barriers, often live in lower-cost, disaster-prone areas. Partnering with community clinics enables allergists to reach underserved patients.

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Landsat 5 satellite image of New Orleans from September 7, 2005. Darker areas are floodwaters. Eastern New Orleans is the area bounded by an industrial canal to the west, Intercoastal Waterway to the south, Lake Pontchartrain to the north, and open water to the east.
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