Motor Vehicle-Related Drowning Deaths Associated with Inland Flooding after Hurricane Floyd: A Field Investigation

Traffic Injury Prevention

Volumn 4, Issue 4, 2003, Pages 279-284

  Yale, J David ^a   Cole, Thomas B ^a,b,f   Garrison, Herbert G ^b,c   Runyan, Carol W ^b,d   Riad Ruback, Jasmin K ^e  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NORTH CAROLINA SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b Univ of NC Inj Prev Res Ctr   (United States)

^c EAST CAROLINA UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^d IL   (United States)

^e DDI Inc   (United States)

^f NONE   (United States)

Author keywords

Drowning; Flood; Hurricane; Injury; Motor Vehicle; Weather

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; DISASTER; DROWNING; FALLING; FLOODING; HUMAN; MORTALITY; RISK FACTOR; TRAFFIC ACCIDENT; UNITED STATES; WEATHER;

EID: 0347518902     PISSN: 15389588     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/714040485     Document Type: Article

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