Temperature-related Deaths in Alabama

Southern Medical Journal

Volumn 93, Issue 8, 2000, Pages 787-792

  Taylor, Allison J ^b   McGwin Jr , Gerald ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ALABAMA AT BIRMINGHAM   (United States)

^b EFH 609 ^*

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGE DISTRIBUTION; AGED; ARTICLE; CAUSE OF DEATH; CHILD; FEMALE; HEALTH SURVEY; HEAT INJURY; HUMAN; HYPOTHERMIA; INFANT; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MORTALITY; NEEDS ASSESSMENT; NEWBORN; PRESCHOOL CHILD; PUBLIC HEALTH SERVICE; RACE; RISK FACTOR; SEASON; SEX RATIO; UNITED STATES;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGE DISTRIBUTION; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; ALABAMA; CAUSE OF DEATH; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; CONTINENTAL POPULATION GROUPS; FEMALE; HEAT STRESS DISORDERS; HUMANS; HYPOTHERMIA; INFANT; INFANT, NEWBORN; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NEEDS ASSESSMENT; POPULATION SURVEILLANCE; PUBLIC HEALTH PRACTICE; RISK FACTORS; SEASONS; SEX DISTRIBUTION; UNITED STATES;

EID: 0034244376     PISSN: 00384348     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/00007611-200093080-00009     Document Type: Article

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