Power Outages, Extreme Events and Health: A Systematic Review of the Literature from 2011-2012

PLoS Currents

Volumn , Issue JAN, 2014, Pages

  Klinger, Chaamala ^a   Landeg, Owen ^a   Murray, Virginia ^a  

^a PUBLIC HEALTH ENGLAND   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CLIMATE CHANGE; COMMUNITY CARE; DISASTER; HEALTH IMPACT ASSESSMENT; HUMAN; KNOWLEDGE BASE; PATIENT CARE; POWER OUTAGE; POWER SUPPLY; PRACTICE GUIDELINE; PUBLIC HEALTH;

EID: 84898612196     PISSN: None     EISSN: 21573999     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1371/currents.dis.04eb1dc5e73dd1377e05a10e9edde673     Document Type: Article

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