Vehicle-related flood fatalities in Greece

Environmental Hazards

Volumn 12, Issue 3-4, 2013, Pages 278-290

  Diakakis, Michalis ^a   Deligiannakis, Giorgos ^b  

^a NATIONAL AND KAPODISTRIAN UNIVERSITY OF ATHENS   (Greece)

^b AGRICULTURAL UNIVERSITY OF ATHENS   (Greece)

Author keywords

accidents; drowning; flood fatalities; flood mortality; Greece; vehicles

Indexed keywords

CAUSE OF DEATH; DATABASE; FLOOD; INFRASTRUCTURE; INVENTORY; MORTALITY; ROAD;

GREECE;

EID: 84892157510     PISSN: 17477891     EISSN: 18780059     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/17477891.2013.832651     Document Type: Article

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