The water/health nexus in disaster medicine: I. Drought versus flood

Current Opinion in Environmental Sustainability

Volumn 3, Issue 6, 2011, Pages 480-485

  McCann, David GC ^a   Moore, Ainsley ^a   Walker, Mary Elizabeth ^b  

^a MCMASTER UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

^b Library and Information Specialist   (Canada)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

DEVELOPING WORLD; ENVIRONMENTAL ECONOMICS; ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACT; FLOODING; HEALTH RISK; INTERNATIONAL RELATIONS; PUBLIC HEALTH; STORM SURGE; TSUNAMI;

EID: 84455178775     PISSN: 18773435     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.cosust.2011.10.011     Document Type: Review

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