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Bristol Floods 1968. Controlled Survey of Effects on Health of Local Community Disaster
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An investigation into the health of people in Bristol flooded in July 1968 was made by means of a controlled survey and a study of mortality rates. There was a 50% increase in the number of deaths among those whose homes had been flooded, with a conspicuous rise in deaths from cancer. Surgery attendances rose by 53%, referrals to hospital and hospital admissions more than doubled. In all respects the men appeared less well able to cope with the experience of disaster than the women.
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Metadata
- Authors
- Bennet, G.
- Venue
- BMJ
- Publisher
- BMJ
- Published
- 1970-08-22
- Volume
- 3
- Issue
- 5720
- Pages
- 454-458
- ISSN
- 0007-1447 (ISSN-L)
- 1468-5833
- OpenAlex
- W2095101435
- Cited by
- 175
- References
- 0
- FWCI
- 16.05
- Type
- journal article
- Language
- en
- Open access
- bronze
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