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MEDICAL ASPECTS OF A TROPICAL CYCLONE
Author(s) -
Jersey Peter
Publication year - 1970
Publication title -
medical journal of australia
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.904
H-Index - 131
eISSN - 1326-5377
pISSN - 0025-729X
DOI - 10.5694/j.1326-5377.1970.tb116713.x
Subject(s) - tropical cyclone , meteorology , environmental science , climatology , geography , geology
Illness resulting from the recent tropical cyclone in North Queensland is reviewed. It is seen that the major problem in this instance was not the life‐threatening injuries, but the multiple severe infections which followed the cyclone. Fatalities were comparatively few considering the violence of the disturbance. It seems likely that the liberal use of antibiotics and supportive measures minimized lasting damage to health.