Risk factors of death from flood: Findings of a systematic review.

ABSTRACT:

Purpose

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.

Methods

In a systematic review, International electronic databases including PubMed, Scopus, Web of Science, and Google Scholar were investigated for articles published in English language. In addition, Iranian databases including IranMedex, Irandoc, Magiran, and Scientific Information Database (SID) were investigated for studies published in Persian. ProQuest database was also searched for related theses. The studies were selected regardless their methods but based on the inclusion and exclusion criteria. The data were

SUBMITTER: Yari A 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC7721754 | biostudies-literature | 2020 Dec

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature