Struck-by-lightning deaths in the United States

Journal of Environmental Health

Volumn 67, Issue 9, 2005, Pages 45-50

  Adekoya, Nelson ^a   Nolte, Kurt B ^b  

^a CENTERS FOR DISEASE CONTROL AND PREVENTION   (United States)

^b NONE

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

LIGHTNING; METEOROLOGICAL HAZARD; MORTALITY; NATURAL HAZARD;

ADULT; ARTICLE; AWARENESS; DATA ANALYSIS; DEATH; DISASTER; ELECTRIC INJURY; FATALITY; FEMALE; HEALTH SURVEY; HUMAN; LIGHTNING; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; OCCUPATIONAL ACCIDENT; POPULATION RESEARCH; RESEARCH; UNITED STATES;

ACCIDENTS; ACCIDENTS, OCCUPATIONAL; ADOLESCENT; ADULT; CAUSE OF DEATH; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; FEMALE; HUMANS; INFANT; INFANT, NEWBORN; LIGHTNING; LIGHTNING INJURIES; MALE; MIDDLE AGED;

NORTH AMERICA; UNITED STATES; WESTERN HEMISPHERE; WORLD;

EID: 17844381284     PISSN: 00220892     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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