Deaths related to Hurricane Andrew in Florida and Louisiana, 1992

International Journal of Epidemiology

Volumn 25, Issue 3, 1996, Pages 537-544

  Combs, Debra L ^a   Parrish, R Gibson ^a   McNabb, Scott J N ^b   Davis, Joseph H ^c  

^a NATIONAL CENTER FOR ENVIRONMENTAL HEALTH   (United States)

^b CENTERS FOR DISEASE CONTROL AND PREVENTION   (United States)

^c Div of Hlthcare and Qual Prom   (United States)

Author keywords

Death investigation; Disaster epidemiology; Hurricanes; Mortality; Natural disasters

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; DEATH; DISASTER; EMERGENCY MEDICINE; ENVIRONMENTAL FACTOR; FEMALE; HEALTH CARE POLICY; HOUSING; HUMAN; LAW; MALE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RACE DIFFERENCE; SEX DIFFERENCE; UNITED STATES; WIND;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; DISASTER PLANNING; FEMALE; FLORIDA; HUMANS; INFANT; LOUISIANA; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MORTALITY; NATURAL DISASTERS;

HURRICANE; HURRICANE ANDREW; MORTALITY IMPACT; NATURAL DISASTER; NATURAL HAZARD; POLICY IMPLICATION;

USA, FLORIDA; USA, LOUISIANA;

EID: 0029663513     PISSN: 03005771     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/ije/25.3.537     Document Type: Article

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