%0 Journal Article %T Long-term public health responses in high-impact weather events: Hurricane Maria and Puerto Rico as a case study %J Disaster medicine and public health preparedness %D 2019 %A Cange, Charles W. %A McGaw-Césaire, Jacy %V ePub %N ePub %P ePub-ePub %X This statement responds to the public health challenges in Puerto Rico in the wake of Hurricane Maria during September 2017. As a result of Maria, and to a certain extent Hurricane Irma, the territory sustained unprecedented damage. We call for a mid- and long-term public health response and research to assess the long-term impacts of high-impact weather events, such as Maria's effects on Puerto Rico, including impacts on vulnerable populations' environmental health and well-being.

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%G en %I Cambridge University Press %@ 1935-7893 %U http://dx.doi.org/10.1017/dmp.2019.82