Modelling the spatial distribution of five natural hazards in the context of the WHO/EMRO Atlas of Disaster Risk as a step towards the reduction of the health impact related to disasters

International Journal of Health Geographics

Volumn 6, Issue , 2007, Pages

  El Morjanil, Zine El Abidine ^a   Ebener, Steeve ^a   Boos, John ^a   Abdel Ghaffar, Eman ^a   Musani, Altaf ^a  

^a WORLD HEALTH ORGANIZATION   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CLASSIFICATION; DEMOGRAPHY; DISASTER; GEOGRAPHIC INFORMATION SYSTEM; HUMAN; MORTALITY; RISK ASSESSMENT; STATISTICS AND NUMERICAL DATA; THEORETICAL MODEL;

DEMOGRAPHY; DISASTERS; GEOGRAPHIC INFORMATION SYSTEMS; HUMANS; MODELS, THEORETICAL; MORTALITY; RISK ASSESSMENT;

EID: 34047240231     PISSN: None     EISSN: 1476072X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1186/1476-072X-6-8     Document Type: Article

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