Assessment of lightning-related fatality and injury risk in Canada

Natural Hazards

Volumn 47, Issue 2, 2008, Pages 157-183

  Mills, Brian ^a   Unrau, Dan ^a   Parkinson, Carla ^b   Jones, Brenda ^b   Yessis, Jennifer ^c   Spring, Kelsey ^a   Pentelow, Laurel ^a  

^a ENVIRONMENT CANADA   (Canada)

^b UNIVERSITY OF WATERLOO   (Canada)

^c National Research Corporation   (Canada)

Author keywords

Canada; Casualty; Death; Injury; Lightning; Thunderstorm

Indexed keywords

INJURY; LIGHTNING; MORTALITY; RISK ASSESSMENT; THUNDERSTORM;

CANADA; NORTH AMERICA;

EID: 53149137465     PISSN: 0921030X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s11069-007-9204-4     Document Type: Article

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