Risk of flood-related mortality in Nepal

Disasters

Volumn 31, Issue 1, 2007, Pages 57-70

  Pradhan, Elizabeth Kimbrough ^a   West, Keith P ^b,d   Katz, Joanne ^b   Leclerq, Steven C ^b   Khatry, Subarna K ^c   Shrestha, Sharada Ram ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MARYLAND SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b JOHNS HOPKINS UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c Nepal Nutrition Intervention Project Sarlahi   (Nepal)

^d NONE   (United States)

Author keywords

Adult mortality; Child mortality; Flood; Nepal

Indexed keywords

COHORT ANALYSIS; FLOODING; MORTALITY; MORTALITY RISK; NATURAL DISASTER; SOCIOECONOMIC STATUS;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ARTICLE; CHILD; DISASTER; FEMALE; HUMAN; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MORTALITY; NEPAL; PRESCHOOL CHILD; RISK ASSESSMENT;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MORTALITY; NATURAL DISASTERS; NEPAL; RISK ASSESSMENT;

ASIA; EURASIA; NEPAL; SOUTH ASIA;

EID: 33947194882     PISSN: 03613666     EISSN: 14677717     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1467-7717.2007.00340.x     Document Type: Article

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