Safetylit: Environmental Issues, Climate, Geophysicshttp://www.safetylit.org/Welcome to SafetyLit, the online source for recent research about injury prevention.Risk Perceptions, Optimism, and Natural Hazards. - Smith VK. Environmental Issues, Climate, Geophysicshttp://www.safetylit.org/citations/index.php?fuseaction=citations.viewdetails&citationIds[]=citjournalarticle_88819_29This article uses the panel survey developed for the Health and Retirement Study to evaluate whether Hurricane Andrew in 1992 altered longevity expectations of respondents who lived in Dade County, Florida, the location experiencing the majority of about 2...Use of BRFSS data and GIS technology for rapid public health response during natural disasters. - Holt JB, Mokdad AH, Ford ES, Simoes EJ, Mensah GA, Bartoli WP. Environmental Issues, Climate, Geophysicshttp://www.safetylit.org/citations/index.php?fuseaction=citations.viewdetails&citationIds[]=citjournalarticle_88353_29Having information about preexisting chronic diseases and available public health assets is critical to ensuring an adequate public health response to natural disasters and acts of terrorism. We describe a method to derive this information using a combinat...