Epidemiology of traumatic injuries from earthquakes

Epidemiologic Reviews

Volumn 27, Issue , 2005, Pages 47-55

  Ramirez, Marizen ^a,b,c,e   Peek Asa, Corinne ^d  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^b CHILDREN S HOSPITAL LOS ANGELES   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^d UNIVERSITY OF IOWA   (United States)

^e MS#30 ^*  (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANALYTIC METHOD; BEHAVIOR; DEMOGRAPHY; DISASTER PLANNING; EARTHQUAKE; ENVIRONMENTAL HEALTH; EPIDEMIOLOGICAL DATA; HUMAN; INJURY; PHYSICAL ACTIVITY; POPULATION AND POPULATION RELATED PHENOMENA; POPULATION RISK; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REVIEW; RISK ASSESSMENT;

DISASTER PLANNING; HUMANS; NATURAL DISASTERS; WOUNDS AND INJURIES;

EID: 21244477190     PISSN: 0193936X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/epirev/mxi005     Document Type: Review

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