Public health consequences of the 2008 Hurricane Ike windstorm in Ohio, USA

Natural Hazards

Volumn 58, Issue 1, 2011, Pages 235-249

  Schmidlin, Thomas W ^a  

^a KENT STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Ohio; Power failure; Public health; Tropical cyclone; Windstorm

Indexed keywords

ELECTRICAL POWER; HAZARD MANAGEMENT; HEALTH IMPACT; HURRICANE IKE 2008; PUBLIC HEALTH; TROPICAL CYCLONE; WATER SUPPLY;

OHIO; UNITED STATES;

EID: 79958804847     PISSN: 0921030X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s11069-010-9663-x     Document Type: Article

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