Disasters widen the rich-poor gap

Nature

Volumn 466, Issue 7310, 2010, Pages 1042-

  Mutter, John ^a  

^a Och Spine at New York Presbyterian Hospitals   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CLIMATE CHANGE; DISASTER; ECONOMIC ASPECT; ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT; ENVIRONMENTAL STRESS; FINANCIAL MANAGEMENT; HURRICANE; NATURAL DISASTER; NOTE; POPULATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; UNITED STATES;

DISASTERS; ECONOMICS; GLOBAL WARMING; HUMANS; POPULATION GROWTH; POVERTY; SOCIOECONOMIC FACTORS;

EID: 77956137561     PISSN: 00280836     EISSN: 14764687     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/4661042a     Document Type: Note

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