When disasters and age collide: Reviewing vulnerability of the elderly

Natural Hazards Review

Volumn 2, Issue 2, 2001, Pages 80-89

  Ngo, Ehren B ^a  

^a LOMA LINDA UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ACTUAL LOSS; DISASTER VULNERABILITY; ELDERLY POPULATIONS; HUMAN POPULATION; NATURAL DISASTERS; RESEARCH STUDIES; RISK FACTORS; VULNERABLE GROUPS;

CIVIL ENGINEERING; HAZARDOUS MATERIALS;

DISASTERS;

EID: 0038484945     PISSN: 15276988     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1061/(ASCE)1527-6988(2001)2:2(80)     Document Type: Review

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