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As mentioned above,
the NWS conducts nationwide surveillance for tornado-related injuries and
deaths, but this system collects very little additional information on
personal safety-seeking behavior, the degree of warning that occurred, or
people's access to shelter. Although some case-control studies of risk
factors associated with tornado-related death and injury have been done,
most have lacked the type of multidisciplinary approach needed for good
epidemiologic studies, with few incorporating contributions from
epidemiology, wind engineering, and meteorology.
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