Health effects of flooding in rural Bangladesh

Epidemiology

Volumn 23, Issue 1, 2012, Pages 107-115

  Milojevic, Ai ^a   Armstrong, Ben ^a   Hashizume, Masahiro ^b   McAllister, Katherine ^a   Faruque, Asg ^c   Yunus, Md ^c   Kim Streatfield, Peter ^c   Moji, Kazuhiko ^d   Wilkinson, Paul ^a  

^a LONDON SCHOOL OF HYGIENE AND TROPICAL MEDICINE   (United Kingdom)

^b NAGASAKI UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^c INTERNATIONAL CENTRE FOR DIARRHOEAL DISEASE RESEARCH   (Bangladesh)

^d RESEARCH INSTITUTE FOR HUMANITY AND NATURE   (Japan)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

DRINKING WATER;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGE DISTRIBUTION; ARTICLE; BANGLADESH; CALCULATION; CHILD; DIARRHEA; FEMALE; FLOODING; HEALTH HAZARD; HUMAN; INCOME; INFANT; INFECTION RISK; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MORTALITY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RESPIRATORY TRACT INFECTION; RURAL AREA; SEASONAL VARIATION;

ACUTE DISEASE; ADOLESCENT; ADULT; BANGLADESH; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; DIARRHEA; DISASTERS; FEMALE; FLOODS; HUMANS; INFANT; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; RESPIRATORY TRACT INFECTIONS; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 83655201209     PISSN: 10443983     EISSN: 15315487     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/EDE.0b013e31823ac606     Document Type: Article

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