Overview of deaths associated with natural events, United States, 1979-2004

Disasters

Volumn 32, Issue 2, 2008, Pages 303-315

  Thacker, Maria T F ^a   Lee, Robin ^a   Sabogal, Raquel I ^b   Henderson, Alden ^a,c  

^a AGENCY FOR TOXIC SUBSTANCES AND DISEASE REGISTRY   (United States)

^b NATIONAL CENTER FOR ENVIRONMENTAL HEALTH   (United States)

^c NONE   (United States)

Author keywords

Cold; Death rate; Food; Heat; Lightning; Mortality; Storms

Indexed keywords

MORTALITY; NATURAL DISASTER; POPULATION DYNAMICS; STATISTICAL DATA;

ALASKA; ARIZONA; ARKANSAS; MISSOURI; MONTANA; NEW MEXICO; NORTH AMERICA; SOUTH DAKOTA; UNITED STATES;

ARTICLE; DISASTER; FEMALE; HUMAN; LIGHTNING; MALE; MORTALITY; STATISTICS; TIME; UNITED STATES; WEATHER;

FEMALE; HUMANS; LIGHTNING; MALE; MORTALITY; NATURAL DISASTERS; TIME FACTORS; UNITED STATES; WEATHER;

EID: 46049106600     PISSN: 03613666     EISSN: 14677717     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1467-7717.2008.01041.x     Document Type: Review

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