Post-Cyclone Sidr illness patterns in coastal Bangladesh: An empirical study

Natural Hazards

Volumn 56, Issue 3, 2011, Pages 841-852

  Paul, Bimal Kanti ^a   Rahman, Munshi Khaledur ^b   Rakshit, Bankim Chandra ^c  

^a KANSAS STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF NORTHERN IOWA   (United States)

^c WAGENINGEN UNIVERSITY   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Coastal Bangladesh; Cyclone Sidr; Disaster myths; Emergency and public health personnel; Epidemic; Illnesses

Indexed keywords

COASTAL ZONE; CYCLONE; DISASTER MANAGEMENT; DISEASE INCIDENCE; HEALTH CARE; HEALTH IMPACT; HOUSEHOLD SURVEY; IMPLEMENTATION PROCESS; PUBLIC HEALTH;

BANGLADESH;

ZIZIPHUS SPINA-CHRISTI;

EID: 79951725439     PISSN: 0921030X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s11069-010-9595-5     Document Type: Article

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