Share of Cost, New Study Highlights Impact Of Environmental Change On Older People
Wednesday, Oct. 23rd 2013 9:00 AM
Recent natural disasters illustrate vulnerability of older people: majority of deaths from the Great East Japan Earthquake (2011) and Hurricane Katrina (2005) occurred among older people.
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