Unauthorized border crossing and migrant deaths: Arizona, New Mexico, and El Paso, Texas, 2002-2003

American Journal of Public Health

Volumn 96, Issue 7, 2006, Pages 1282-1287

  Sapkota, Sanjeeb ^a,c   Kohl III, Harold W ^a   Gilchrist, Julie ^b   McAuliffe, Jay ^c   Parks, Bruce ^d   England, Bob ⁱ   Flood, Tim ^e   Sewell, C Mack ^f   Perrotta, Dennis ⁱ   Escobedo, Miguel ⁱ   Stern, Corrine E ⁱ   Zane, David ^g   Nolte, Kurt B ^h  

^a NATIONAL CENTER FOR CHRONIC DISEASE PREVENTION AND HEALTH PROMOTION   (United States)

^b NATIONAL CENTER FOR INJURY PREVENTION AND CONTROL   (United States)

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

^d Forensic Science Center   (United States)

^e ARIZONA DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH SERVICES   (United States)

^f NEW MEXICO DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH   (United States)

^g TEXAS DEPARTMENT OF STATE HEALTH SERVICES   (United States)

^h UNIVERSITY OF NEW MEXICO SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

ⁱ NONE

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CAUSE OF DEATH; CHILD; DROWNING; FEMALE; HUMAN; ILLEGAL IMMIGRANT; INFANT; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MEXICO; MORTALITY; SEX DIFFERENCE; THERMAL EXPOSURE; TRAFFIC ACCIDENT; UNITED STATES; AGE DISTRIBUTION; CORONER; DEMOGRAPHY; ETHNOLOGY; HEAT EXHAUSTION; HISPANIC; MIDDLE AGED; MIGRATION; NEWBORN; PRESCHOOL CHILD; RISK FACTOR; SEX RATIO; STATISTICS;

ACCIDENTS, TRAFFIC; ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGE DISTRIBUTION; ARIZONA; CAUSE OF DEATH; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; CORONERS AND MEDICAL EXAMINERS; DEMOGRAPHY; DROWNING; EMIGRATION AND IMMIGRATION; FEMALE; HEAT EXHAUSTION; HISPANIC AMERICANS; HUMANS; INFANT; INFANT, NEWBORN; MALE; MEXICO; MIDDLE AGED; MORTALITY; RISK FACTORS; SEX DISTRIBUTION; TEXAS; TRANSIENTS AND MIGRANTS;

EID: 33745666707     PISSN: 00900036     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2105/AJPH.2005.075168     Document Type: Article

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