Vulnerability to flood-induced public health risks in Sudan

Disaster Prevention and Management: An International Journal

Volumn 23, Issue 4, 2014, Pages 395-419

  Abbas, Haitham Bashier ^a   Routray, Jayant K ^a  

^a ASIAN INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (Thailand)

Author keywords

Disasters; Flood; Health vulnerability; Sudan; Vulnerability assessment

Indexed keywords

EID: 84926350333     PISSN: 09653562     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1108/DPM-07-2013-0112     Document Type: Article

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