Mortality in Puerto Rico after Hurricane Maria

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<p class="first" id="d6682208e166">Quantifying the effect of natural disasters on society is critical for recovery of public health services and infrastructure. The death toll can be difficult to assess in the aftermath of a major disaster. In September 2017, Hurricane Maria caused massive infrastructural damage to Puerto Rico, but its effect on mortality remains contentious. The official death count is 64. </p>

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Title: New England Journal of Medicine

Abbreviated Title: N Engl J Med

Publisher: New England Journal of Medicine (NEJM/MMS)

ISSN (Print): 0028-4793

ISSN (Electronic): 1533-4406

Publication date Created: May 29 2018

Publication date (Electronic): May 29 2018

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[1 ]From the Departments of Epidemiology (N.K., A.M., C.O.B.), Social and Behavioral Sciences (M.V.K.), and Biostatistics (R.A.I.) and the Center for Communicable Disease Dynamics (N.K., A.M., C.O.B.) and the François-Xavier Bagnoud Center for Health and Human Rights (A.F., J. Leaning, S.B.), Harvard T.H. Chan School of Public Health, Harvard University, the Department of Emergency Medicine, Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center and Harvard Medical School (F.R., S.B.), and the Department of Biostatistics and...

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DOI: 10.1056/NEJMsa1803972

PubMed ID: 29809109

SO-VID: 618756da-8977-4446-8bc4-996f01dbae20

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