Disasters and Epidemics
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Epidemics after Natural Disasters
The relationship between natural disasters and communicable diseases is frequently misconstrued. The risk for outbreaks is often presumed to be very high in the chaos that follows natural disasters, a fear likely derived from a perceived association between dead bodies and epidemics. However, the risk factors for outbreaks after disasters are associated primarily with population displacement. T...
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عنوان ژورنال: Journal of the Royal Army Medical Corps
سال: 1972
ISSN: 0035-8665,2052-0468
DOI: 10.1136/jramc-118-01-08