Tharparkar: A forgotten disaster

The Lancet Global Health

Volumn 2, Issue 9, 2014, Pages e508-e508

  Rana, Roshane Shahid ^a   Naim, Huda ^b  

^a CIVIL HOSPITAL   (Pakistan)

^b DOW UNIVERSITY OF HEALTH SCIENCES   (Pakistan)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

DRINKING WATER; RAIN;

DIARRHEA; DROUGHT; EMPLOYMENT; HEALTH CARE FACILITY; HEALTH EDUCATION; HUMAN; INFANT MORTALITY; LETTER; MALNUTRITION; MATERNAL MORTALITY; MEASLES VACCINATION; NATURAL DISASTER; PAKISTAN; PHYSICIAN; PNEUMONIA; POVERTY; REPRODUCTIVE HEALTH; RESPIRATORY TRACT INFECTION; SANITATION; WOMEN'S HEALTH; DESERT CLIMATE; HEALTH; HEALTH CARE DELIVERY; ORGANIZATION AND MANAGEMENT; WATER SUPPLY;

DELIVERY OF HEALTH CARE; DESERT CLIMATE; DRINKING WATER; GLOBAL HEALTH; HEALTH SERVICES ACCESSIBILITY; HUMANS; PAKISTAN; WATER SUPPLY;

EID: 84908456099     PISSN: None     EISSN: 2214109X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S2214-109X(14)70254-2     Document Type: Letter

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