Mortality surveillance: 2004 to 2005 florida hurricane-related deaths

American Journal of Forensic Medicine and Pathology

Volumn 29, Issue 2, 2008, Pages 148-153

  Ragan, Patricia ^a,c   Schulte, Joann ^b   Nelson, Stephen J ^a   Jones, Ken T ^a  

^a Department of Health   (United States)

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

^c Bureau of Epidemiology   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ACCIDENTAL DEATH; ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ARTICLE; BURN; CARBON MONOXIDE INTOXICATION; CHILD; DROWNING; ELECTROCUTION; FEMALE; HUMAN; HURRICANE; INFANT; INJURY; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MEDICAL SOCIETY; MORTALITY; PRESCHOOL CHILD; SCHOOL CHILD; UNITED STATES; ACCIDENT; AGE DISTRIBUTION; CAUSE OF DEATH; DISASTER; FORENSIC MEDICINE; HEALTH SURVEY; MIDDLE AGED; NEWBORN; RACE; SEX RATIO; STATISTICS; SUICIDE;

ACCIDENTS; ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGE DISTRIBUTION; CARBON MONOXIDE POISONING; CAUSE OF DEATH; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; CONTINENTAL POPULATION GROUPS; FEMALE; FLORIDA; FORENSIC MEDICINE; HUMANS; INFANT; INFANT, NEWBORN; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NATURAL DISASTERS; POPULATION SURVEILLANCE; SEX DISTRIBUTION; SUICIDE; WOUNDS AND INJURIES;

EID: 45149100382     PISSN: 01957910     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/PAF.0b013e318175dd5e     Document Type: Article

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