Public safety and faulty flood statistics

Environmental Health Perspectives

Volumn 116, Issue 12, 2008, Pages

  Criss, Robert E ^a   Winston, William E ^a  

^a WASHINGTON UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

DISASTER PLANNING; ECOSYSTEM RESTORATION; ENVIRONMENTAL MANAGEMENT; FLOODING; HUMAN; LETTER; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SAFETY; UNITED STATES; GOVERNMENT; NOTE; PUBLIC HEALTH; STATISTICS;

FLOODS; GOVERNMENT AGENCIES; PUBLIC HEALTH; SAFETY MANAGEMENT; UNITED STATES;

EID: 85047683889     PISSN: 00916765     EISSN: 15529924     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1289/ehp.12042     Document Type: Letter

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