Reducing the health effect of natural hazards in Bangladesh

The Lancet

Volumn 382, Issue 9910, 2013, Pages 2094-2103

  Cash, Richard A ^a,b   Halder, Shantana R ^c   Husain, Mushtuq ^d   Islam, Md Sirajul ^e   Mallick, Fuad H ^f   May, Maria A ^g   Rahman, Mahmudur ^d   Rahman, M Aminur ^f  

^a PUBLIC HEALTH FOUNDATION OF INDIA   (India)

^b HARVARD SCHOOL OF PUBLIC HEALTH   (United States)

^c Disaster Management and Relief Bhaban   (Bangladesh)

^d Institute of Epidemiology Disease Control and Research   (Bangladesh)

^e INTERNATIONAL CENTRE FOR DIARRHOEAL DISEASE RESEARCH   (Bangladesh)

^f BRAC UNIVERSITY   (Bangladesh)

^g RESEARCH AND EVALUATION DIVISION   (Bangladesh)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; BANGLADESH; DECISION MAKING; DIARRHEA; DIET SUPPLEMENTATION; DISASTER; EARTHQUAKE; EPIDEMIC; EXPERIENCE; EYE INFECTION; FEVER; GOVERNMENT; GREENHOUSE EFFECT; HEALTH CARE MANAGEMENT; HEALTH HAZARD; HEALTH SERVICE; HURRICANE; LEARNING; LIVESTOCK; LOWEST INCOME GROUP; MORBIDITY; MORTALITY; NATURAL DISASTER; POPULATION; POVERTY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RESPIRATORY TRACT INFECTION; RISK REDUCTION; SKIN DISEASE; TELECOMMUNICATION;

EID: 84890875886     PISSN: 01406736     EISSN: 1474547X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0140-6736(13)61948-0     Document Type: Review

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