Epidemiology of tornado destruction in rural northern Bangladesh: Risk factors for death and injury

Disasters

Volumn 35, Issue 2, 2011, Pages 329-345

  Sugimoto, Jonathan D ^a   Labrique, Alain B ^b   Ahmad, Salahuddin ^c   Rashid, Mahbubur ^d   Shamim, Abu Ahmed ^d   Ullah, Barkat ^d   Klemm, Rolf D W ^b,e   Christian, Parul ^b   West, Keith P ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WASHINGTON   (United States)

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

^c RMIT UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

^d JiVitA Project   (Bangladesh)

^e FAMILY HEALTH INTERNATIONAL   (United States)

Author keywords

Bangladesh; Casualty; Children; Elderly; Epidemiology; Mortality; Natural disaster; Tornado; Trauma; Women

Indexed keywords

DEVELOPING WORLD; DISASTER MANAGEMENT; EPIDEMIOLOGY; INJURY; MORTALITY; RISK FACTOR; STRATEGIC APPROACH; TORNADO;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGE DISTRIBUTION; ARTICLE; BANGLADESH; CHILD; COHORT ANALYSIS; DEVELOPING COUNTRY; DISASTER; FEMALE; HOUSING; HUMAN; INJURY; INTERVIEW; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PRESCHOOL CHILD; RISK FACTOR; STATISTICAL MODEL; STATISTICS; TORNADO;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGE DISTRIBUTION; BANGLADESH; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; COHORT STUDIES; DEVELOPING COUNTRIES; DISASTERS; FEMALE; HOUSING; HUMANS; INTERVIEWS AS TOPIC; LOGISTIC MODELS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; RISK FACTORS; TORNADOES; WOUNDS AND INJURIES; YOUNG ADULT;

BANGLADESH;

EID: 79951611433     PISSN: 03613666     EISSN: 14677717     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1467-7717.2010.01214.x     Document Type: Article

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