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Health and health systems impact of natural disasters

Impacts of flood on health: epidemiologic evidence from Hanoi, Vietnam

Tran Huu BichDepartment of Epidemiology, Hanoi School of Public Health, Hanoi, Vietnam
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La Ngoc QuangDepartment of Epidemiology, Hanoi School of Public Health, Hanoi, Vietnam
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Le Thi Thanh HaDepartment of Epidemiology, Hanoi School of Public Health, Hanoi, VietnamCorrespondence[email protected]
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Tran Thi Duc HanhDepartment of Epidemiology, Hanoi School of Public Health, Hanoi, Vietnam
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Debarati Guha-SapirCentre for Research on the Epidemiology of Disasters, Université Catholique de Louvain, Louvain-la-Neuve, Belgium
Article: 6356 | Received 12 Feb 2011, Accepted 29 Jul 2011, Published online: 23 Aug 2011

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