Weather-Related Pediatric Fatalities in the United States: 2001 to 2021
Pediatric fatalities from weather events make up an increasing proportion of childhood deaths. Expansion of health-system infrastructure for pediatric disaster planning and response may mitigate childhood deaths from weather-related disasters.
Authors
- Mary E. Fallat (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-0808-6713)
- Shana Godfred‐Cato (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-4106-0953)
- Caroline Melhado (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-9877-0016)
- Sarah B. Cairo
- Caroline Q. Stephens (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-6740-7222)
- Christopher Newton
- Hilary Ong
Institutions
- University of Louisville (US)
- University of California, San Francisco (US)
- University of Utah (US)
- Kosair Children's Hospital (US)
- Norton Hospital (US)
- UCSF Benioff Children's Hospital (US)
Publication Details
- Journal
- PEDIATRICS
- Published
- 2025-02-11
- DOI
- https://doi.org/10.1542/peds.2024-067567
- Citations
- 5
- Primary Topic
- Climate Change and Health Impacts
- Type
- article
- Field-Weighted Citation Impact
- 6.00