@article{ref1,
title="Timing of mortality among internally displaced persons due to the tsunami in Sri Lanka: cross sectional household survey",
journal="British medical journal: BMJ",
year="2006",
author="Moji, Kazuhiko and Kunii, Osamu and Dharmaratne, Samath D. and Costa, Dehiwala G. M. and Abe, Takeshi and Nishikiori, Nobuyuki",
volume="332",
number="7537",
pages="334-335",
abstract="OBJECTIVE: To describe the distribution of mortality among internally displaced persons during two and a half months after the Indian Ocean tsunami, 2004. DESIGN: Cross sectional household survey with retrospective cohort analysis of mortality. SETTING: Camps for internally displaced persons due to the tsunami in an eastern coastal district of Sri Lanka. PARTICIPANTS: 3533 people from 859 households accommodated in 13 camps. MAIN OUTCOME MEASURES: All cause death and number of missing people. RESULTS: 446 deaths and 11 missing people were reported after the 2004 tsunami, of which most (99%) occurred on the day of the tsunami or within three days thereafter. No deaths were reported for the two and a half month period starting one week after the tsunami. CONCLUSIONS: Most mortality after the 2004 tsunami occurred within the first few days of the disaster and was low in the study area.",
language="",
issn="0959-8138",
doi="10.1136/bmj.38693.465023.7C",
url="http://dx.doi.org/10.1136/bmj.38693.465023.7C"
}