Psychosocial impact of the summer 2007 floods in England.

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Published in BMC Public Health on March 03, 2011

Authors

Shantini Paranjothy1, John Gallacher, Richard Amlôt, G James Rubin, Lisa Page, Tony Baxter, Jeremy Wight, David Kirrage, Rosemary McNaught, S R Palmer

Author Affiliations

1: Department of Primary Care and Public Health, School of Medicine, Cardiff University, Cardiff, UK.

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