Carbon monoxide exposures in New York City following Hurricane Sandy in 2012

Clinical Toxicology

Volumn 51, Issue 9, 2013, Pages 879-885

  Chen, B C ^a,b   Shawn, L K ^a,b   Connors, N J ^a,b   Wheeler, K ^c   Williams, N ^b   Hoffman, R S ^a,b   Matte, T D ^a   Smith, S W ^a,b  

^a NEW YORK CITY DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND MENTAL HYGIENE   (United States)

^b NEW YORK UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^c Dutchess County Department of Health   (United States)

Author keywords

Disaster; Floods; Power outage; Public health surveillance; Storm

Indexed keywords

CARBON MONOXIDE; CARBOXYHEMOGLOBIN;

ARTICLE; CARBON MONOXIDE INTOXICATION; ENVIRONMENTAL EXPOSURE; GENERATOR; HEALTH SURVEY; HOSPITAL; HUMAN; HURRICANE; INDOOR AIR POLLUTION; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; UNITED STATES; URBAN POPULATION;

AIR POLLUTION, INDOOR; CARBON MONOXIDE; CARBON MONOXIDE POISONING; COOKING; CYCLONIC STORMS; DATABASES, FACTUAL; DISASTERS; ELECTRIC POWER SUPPLIES; EMERGENCY SERVICE, HOSPITAL; EPIDEMIOLOGICAL MONITORING; FEMALE; HUMANS; INHALATION EXPOSURE; MALE; NEW YORK CITY; POISON CONTROL CENTERS; PREVALENCE; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; SNOW;

EID: 84886624959     PISSN: 15563650     EISSN: 15569519     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3109/15563650.2013.839030     Document Type: Article

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