Why is school closed today? unplanned K-12 school closures in the United States, 2011-2013

PLoS ONE

Volumn 9, Issue 12, 2014, Pages

  Wong, Karen K ^a   Shi, Jianrong ^a   Gao, Hongjiang ^a   Zheteyeva, Yenlik A ^a   Lane, Kimberly ^b   Copeland, Daphne ^a   Hendricks, Jennifer ^c   McMurray, LaFrancis ^c   Sliger, Kellye ^c   Rainey, Jeanette J ^a   Uzicanin, Amra ^a  

^a CENTERS FOR DISEASE CONTROL AND PREVENTION   (United States)

^b Chenega Government Consulting   (United States)

^c OAK RIDGE ASSOCIATED UNIVERSITIES   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; AUTUMN; COMMUNITY CARE; DISASTER PLANNING; GEOGRAPHIC DISTRIBUTION; HIGH SCHOOL; HURRICANE; MIDDLE SCHOOL; NATURAL DISASTER; PRIMARY SCHOOL; RESPIRATORY TRACT DISEASE; RURAL AREA; SEASONAL VARIATION; SPRING; SUBURBAN AREA; SUMMER; TREND STUDY; UNITED STATES; UNPLANNED SCHOOL CLOSURE; WINTER; DISASTER; HUMAN; MEDICAL LEAVE; SCHOOL; SEASON; STATISTICS AND NUMERICAL DATA; STUDENT; WEATHER;

DISASTERS; HUMANS; SCHOOLS; SEASONS; SICK LEAVE; STUDENTS; UNITED STATES; WEATHER;

EID: 84914703070     PISSN: None     EISSN: 19326203     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0113755     Document Type: Article

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