“Y no quedó nada, nada de la casa, todo salió volando” (And there was nothing left, nothing of the house, everything flew away): a critical medical ecological perspective on the lived experience of hurricane María in Puerto Rico
Abstract Background Ecological disasters create dramatic changes as man-made and natural ecosystems adapt to their effects. In 2017, Hurricanes Irma and María devastated Puerto Rico. Public focus after such traumatic ecological events often neglects pre-existing community dynamics, heterogeneity of...
Main Authors: | D. Vega Ocasio, J. G. Pérez Ramos, T. D. V. Dye |
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Format: | Article |
Language: | English |
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BMC
2021-10-01
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Series: | BMC Public Health |
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Online Access: | https://doi.org/10.1186/s12889-021-11847-w |
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