"Floods" is a descriptor in the National Library of Medicine's controlled vocabulary thesaurus,
MeSH (Medical Subject Headings). Descriptors are arranged in a hierarchical structure,
which enables searching at various levels of specificity.
Sudden onset water phenomena with different speed of occurrence. These include flash floods, seasonal river floods, and coastal floods, associated with CYCLONIC STORMS; TIDALWAVES; and storm surges.
| Descriptor ID |
D055868
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| MeSH Number(s) |
G16.500.175.812
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| Concept/Terms |
Flooding, Catastrophic- Flooding, Catastrophic
- Catastrophic Floodings
- Floodings, Catastrophic
- Catastrophic Flooding
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| Year | Major Topic | Minor Topic | Total |
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| 2013 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| 2017 | 4 | 3 | 7 |
| 2018 | 5 | 0 | 5 |
| 2019 | 3 | 4 | 7 |
| 2020 | 2 | 0 | 2 |
| 2021 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
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Below are the most recent publications written about "Floods" by people in Profiles.
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Holding Back a Flood: Students Organized to Bring Personal Protective Equipment to the Front Lines. Acad Med. 2021 07 01; 96(7):944.
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Dam if You Do, Dam if You Don't: Politics and Floods in the Shadow of COVID-19 in Sudan. Health Secur. 2021 Mar-Apr; 19(2):232-234.
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Don't dumb it down: The effects of jargon in COVID-19 crisis communication. PLoS One. 2020; 15(10):e0239524.
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The US COVID-19 pandemic in the flood season. Sci Total Environ. 2021 Feb 10; 755(Pt 2):142634.
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Aftermath of torrential rains and covid-19 in Pakistan. BMJ. 2020 09 29; 370:m3776.
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Urban flooding events pose risks of virus spread during the novel coronavirus (COVID-19) pandemic. Sci Total Environ. 2021 Feb 10; 755(Pt 1):142491.
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Floods in China, COVID-19, and climate change. Lancet Planet Health. 2020 10; 4(10):e443-e444.
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Living in a Multi-Risk Chaotic Condition: Pandemic, Natural Hazards and Complex Emergencies. Int J Environ Res Public Health. 2020 08 05; 17(16).
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A New Year Period Emphasizing the Need for Better Sensors. ACS Sens. 2020 03 27; 5(3):597-598.
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World's oceans are losing power to stall climate change. Nature. 2019 10; 574(7776):17-18.