Cross-sectional survey methods to assess retrospectively mortality in humanitarian emergencies

Disasters

Volumn 33, Issue 4, 2009, Pages 503-521

  Cairns, K Lisa ^a   Woodruff, Bradley A ^b   Myatt, Mark ^c   Bartlett, Linda ^d   Goldberg, Howard ^e   Roberts, Les ^f  

^a CENTERS FOR DIS CONTR AND PREV   (United States)

^b Health and Nutrition Section   (China)

^c UNIVERSITY COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

^d JOHNS HOPKINS BLOOMBERG SCHOOL OF PUBLIC HEALTH   (United States)

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

^f NONE   (United States)

Author keywords

Cross sectional surveys; Humanitarian emergencies; Mortality

Indexed keywords

HOUSEHOLD SURVEY; HUMANITARIAN AID; MORTALITY; SURVEYING;

ALTRUISM; ARTICLE; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY; DISASTER PLANNING; EMERGENCY; HUMAN; INFORMATION PROCESSING; MATERNAL MORTALITY; RELIEF WORK; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; STATISTICS; SURVIVAL; TIME; STATISTICS AND NUMERICAL DATA;

ALTRUISM; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; DATA COLLECTION; DISASTER PLANNING; EMERGENCIES; HUMANS; MATERNAL MORTALITY; RELIEF WORK; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; SURVIVAL ANALYSIS; TIME FACTORS;

EID: 70049085125     PISSN: 03613666     EISSN: 14677717     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1467-7717.2008.01085.x     Document Type: Article

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