Tornado-Associated Fatalities - Arkansas, 1997

Morbidity and Mortality Weekly Report

Volumn 46, Issue 19, 1997, Pages 412-416

  Holmes, T M ^a   Nichols, S B ^a   McChesney, T ^a  

^a Amer Red Cross Disaster Health Svcs   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; DISASTER; FEMALE; HUMAN; INJURY; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MORTALITY; STATISTICS; UNITED STATES; WEATHER;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; ARKANSAS; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MORTALITY; NATURAL DISASTERS; WEATHER; WOUNDS AND INJURIES;

EID: 0031574835     PISSN: 01492195     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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