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Indicators to measure risk of disaster associated with drought: Implications for the health sector

INTRODUCTION: Brazil has a large semiarid region, which covers part of 9 states, over 20% of the 5565 municipalities in the country and at 22.5 million persons, 12% of the country’s population. This region experiences recurrent and extended droughts and is characterized by low economic development,...

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Autores principales: Sena, Aderita, Ebi, Kristie L., Freitas, Carlos, Corvalan, Carlos, Barcellos, Christovam
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Public Library of Science 2017
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC5526563/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/28742848
http://dx.doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0181394