A Systematic Review of the Health Impacts of Mass Earth Movements (Landslides)

Mass ground movements (commonly referred to as ‘landslides’) are common natural hazards that can have significant economic, social and health impacts. They occur as single events, or as clusters, and are often part of ‘disaster’ chains, occurring secondary to, or acting as the precursor of other disaster events. Whilst there is a large body of literature on the engineering and geological aspects of landslides, the mortality and morbidity caused by landslides is less well documented. As far as we are aware, this is the first systematic review to examine the health impacts of landslides.

PLOS Currents Disasters. 2015

A Systematic Review of the Health Impacts of Mass Earth Movements (Landslides)
http://currents.plos.org/disasters/article/a-systematic-review-of-the-health-impacts-of-mass-earth-movements-landslides/

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