The health effects of flooding: Social research results from England and Wales

Journal of Water and Health

Volumn 4, Issue 3, 2006, Pages 365-380

  Tunstall, Sylvia ^a   Tapsell, Sue ^a   Green, Colin ^a   Floyd, Peter ^b   George, Carolyn ^b  

^a MIDDLESEX UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

^b Risk and Policy Analysts Ltd   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Flood risk management; Flooding; General health questionnaire 12; Physical health; Psychological health; Social charateristics

Indexed keywords

FLOODING; HEALTH RISK; MENTAL HEALTH; QUESTIONNAIRE SURVEY; RISK ASSESSMENT;

ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DEMOGRAPHY; FAMILY; FLOODING; GASTROINTESTINAL DISEASE; GENERAL HEALTH QUESTIONNAIRE; HEALTH HAZARD; HEART DISEASE; HIGH RISK POPULATION; HUMAN; INTERVIEW; JOINT STIFFNESS; MENTAL DISEASE; PERSONAL EXPERIENCE; PREVALENCE; RESPIRATORY TRACT DISEASE; SKIN DISEASE; SOCIAL ASPECT; SOCIAL SUPPORT; UNITED KINGDOM;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGE DISTRIBUTION; DISASTERS; ENGLAND; FEMALE; HEALTH; HUMANS; INTERVIEWS; INTERVIEWS AS TOPIC; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NATURAL DISASTERS; RISK FACTORS; SEX CHARACTERISTICS; SOCIAL SCIENCES; STRESS DISORDERS, TRAUMATIC; TIME FACTORS; WALES;

ENGLAND; EURASIA; EUROPE; UNITED KINGDOM; WALES; WESTERN EUROPE;

EID: 33749320397     PISSN: 14778920     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2166/wh.2006.031     Document Type: Article

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