Estimating health risks from natural hazards using risk assessment and epidemiology

Risk Analysis

Volumn 17, Issue 3, 1997, Pages 353-358

  Malilay, Josephine ^a   Henderson, Alden ^a   McGeehin, Michael ^b   Flanders, W Dana ^c  

^a NATIONAL CENTER FOR ENVIRONMENTAL HEALTH   (United States)

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

^c EMORY UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Disasters; Epidemiology; Mitigation; Natural hazards; Prevention effectiveness; Risk assessment

Indexed keywords

ACCIDENT PREVENTION; COST EFFECTIVENESS; COSTS; DISEASE CONTROL; ECONOMIC AND SOCIAL EFFECTS; EPIDEMIOLOGY; ESTIMATION; HAZARDS; HEALTH RISKS;

DISASTERS; MITIGATION; NATURAL HAZARDS; PREVENTION EFFECTIVENESS;

RISK ASSESSMENT;

HEALTH RISK; METHODOLOGICAL APPROACH; NATURAL HAZARD; RISK ASSESSMENT;

ACCIDENT PREVENTION; ARTICLE; COST EFFECTIVENESS ANALYSIS; DISASTER; EPIDEMIOLOGY; HEALTH HAZARD; MAXIMUM LIKELIHOOD METHOD; POPULATION EXPOSURE; RISK ASSESSMENT; RISK MANAGEMENT; SOCIOECONOMICS;

DISASTER PLANNING; ENVIRONMENTAL HEALTH; EPIDEMIOLOGY; HUMANS; MODELS, STATISTICAL; RISK ASSESSMENT; RISK MANAGEMENT;

EID: 0031171970     PISSN: 02724332     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1539-6924.1997.tb00873.x     Document Type: Article

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