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The epidemiology of falling-through-the-ice in Alaska, 1990-2010

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Fleischer, N. L., Melstrom, P., Yard, E., Brubaker, M., and Thomas, T., 2014, The epidemiology of falling-through-the-ice in Alaska, 1990-2010: Journal of public health (Oxford, England), v. 36, no. 2, p. 235-242.

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BACKGROUND: Climate change has contributed to increasing temperatures, earlier snowmelts and thinning ice packs in the Arctic, where crossing frozen bodies of water is essential for transportation and subsistence living. In some Arctic communities, anecdotal reports indicate a growing belief that falling-through-the-ice (FTI) are increasing. The objective of this study was to describe the morbidity and mortality associated with unintentional FTIs in Alaska. METHODS: We searched newspaper reports to identify FTI events from 1990 to 2010. We also used data from a trauma registry, occupational health and law enforcement registries and vital statistics to supplement the newspaper reports. Morbidity and mortality rates were calculated for [...]

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