Mount St Helens eruptions, May 18 to June 12, 1980 : an overview of acute health impact.
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TextLanguage: ENG Publication details: 04 DEC 1981Description: 5 p. : illSubject: Thirty-five known deaths were caused by the landslide and lateral blast of the May 18 eruption of Mount St Helens and at least 23 persons went missing. In 18 of the 23 cases that reached autopsy, asphyixation from ash inhalation was the cause of death. A rapidly established hospital surveillance system detected increases in the number of emergency room visits and admissions after the May 18 eruption and the eruptions on May 25 and June 12. Continuing volcanic activity of Mount St Helens and future eruptions of other volcanoes in the Cascade Range may pose a variety of health hazards, including blast, ashfalls, flooding, damage to public utilities, and possible psychosocial effects
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Includes bibliographical references
Reprinted from JAMA; Vol. 248 No. 22; 4 December 1981; pp2585-2589
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Thirty-five known deaths were caused by the landslide and lateral blast of the May 18 eruption of Mount St Helens and at least 23 persons went missing. In 18 of the 23 cases that reached autopsy, asphyixation from ash inhalation was the cause of death. A rapidly established hospital surveillance system detected increases in the number of emergency room visits and admissions after the May 18 eruption and the eruptions on May 25 and June 12. Continuing volcanic activity of Mount St Helens and future eruptions of other volcanoes in the Cascade Range may pose a variety of health hazards, including blast, ashfalls, flooding, damage to public utilities, and possible psychosocial effects
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