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A Promising Tool to Assess Long Term Public Health Effects of Natural Disasters: Combining Routine Health Survey Data and Geographic Information Systems to Assess Stunting after the 2001 Earthquake in Peru
BACKGROUND: Research on long-term health effects of earthquakes is scarce, especially in low- and middle-income countries, which are disproportionately affected by disasters. To date, progress in this area has been hampered by the lack of tools to accurately measure these effects. Here, we explored...
Autores principales: | Rydberg, Henny, Marrone, Gaetano, Strömdahl, Susanne, von Schreeb, Johan |
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Formato: | Online Artículo Texto |
Lenguaje: | English |
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Public Library of Science
2015
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Acceso en línea: | https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC4475001/ https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/26090999 http://dx.doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0130889 |
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