Open AccessRisk factors of death from flood: Findings of a systematic review
Author(s) -
Arezoo Yari,
Abbas Ostadtaghizadeh,
Ali Ardalan,
Yadolah Zarezadeh,
Abbas Rahimiforoushani,
Farzam Bidarpoor
Publication year - 2020
Publication title -
journal of environmental health science and engineering
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.447
H-Index - 45
ISSN - 2052-336X
DOI - 10.1007/s40201-020-00511-x
Subject(s) - scopus , flood myth , psychological intervention , inclusion (mineral) , persian , hazard , web of science , inclusion and exclusion criteria , environmental health , geography , database , psychology , medline , medicine , computer science , meta analysis , alternative medicine , political science , social psychology , linguistics , philosophy , chemistry , archaeology , organic chemistry , pathology , psychiatry , law
The number of flood disaster deaths has been on the rise in recent years. The current review investigated and categorized the risk factors of deaths from floods in parallel with preventive and control measures designed to minimize deaths from floods.