A public health issue related to collateral seismic hazards: The valley fever outbreak triggered by the 1994 Northridge, California earthquake

Surveys in Geophysics

Volumn 23, Issue 6, 2002, Pages 511-528

  Jibson, Randall W ^a  

^a DENVER FEDERAL CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

Coccidioidomycosis; Collateral seismic hazards; Earthquakes; Landslides; Valley fever

Indexed keywords

DUST; EARTHQUAKE EFFECTS; LANDSLIDES; PULMONARY DISEASES;

SEISMIC HAZARDS;

HEALTH HAZARDS;

DISEASE; EARTHQUAKE; HEALTH IMPACT; PUBLIC HEALTH; SEISMIC HAZARD; TRIGGER MECHANISM;

UNITED STATES;

EID: 0036938085     PISSN: 01693298     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1023/A:1021226827679     Document Type: Article

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