1. Blizzard Morbidity and Mortality: Rhode Island, 1978 .
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Faich, Gerald and Rose, Richard
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BLIZZARDS ,WINTER storms ,MORTALITY ,DISEASES ,DEATH ,MYOCARDIAL infarction ,CORONARY disease ,DEMOGRAPHY - Abstract
Abstract: The total number of outpatient visits to 10 hospital emergency rooms declined 64 per cent and emergency admissions 35 per cent immediately after the February 1978 blizzard in Rhode Island: both quickly returned to normal levels. Three days after the storm, admissions for myocardial infarction increased markedly. Total mortality and ischemic heart disease deaths showed a considerable increase for the five-day period following the blizzard. The physical and psychological stress of the blizzard probably precipitated cardiac deaths in susceptible individuals. (Am J Public Health 69: 1050-1052, 1979.) [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]
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- 1979
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