Spatial patterns of natural hazards mortality in the United States

<p>Abstract</p> <p>Background</p> <p>Studies on natural hazard mortality are most often hazard-specific (e.g. floods, earthquakes, heat), event specific (e.g. Hurricane Katrina), or lack adequate temporal or geographic coverage. This makes it difficult to assess mortali...

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Bibliographic Details
Main Authors: Cutter Susan L, Borden Kevin A
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: BMC 2008-12-01
Series:International Journal of Health Geographics
Online Access:http://www.ij-healthgeographics.com/content/7/1/64