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dc.contributor.authorHammond, M
dc.contributor.authorMark, O
dc.contributor.authorDjordjević, S
dc.contributor.authorButler, D
dc.contributor.authorChen, AS
dc.contributor.authorDomingo, NDS
dc.contributor.authorJørgensen, C
dc.contributor.authorKhan, DM
dc.date.accessioned2016-04-25T13:40:03Z
dc.date.issued2014-08-08
dc.description.abstractThis report presents the draft outline of the CORFU Health Impacts Model. The model consists of assessing the risk to human health in four steps:  Hazard identification  Hazard characterisation (or dose-response assessment)  Exposure assessment  Risk characterisation The health impacts model has four components. The first of these is the risk to human life component, and adapts a model developed in the FLOODsite project to estimate the number of deaths and injuries that could be caused by flooding. The next component relates to waterborne diseases and illnesses that can be assessed by means of a Quantitative Microbial Risk Assessment. Thirdly, the model takes account of other diseases (such as those transmitted by vectors) and suggests the use of relative risk information to estimate the impact of this disease. A similar approach is suggested to consider the mental health impacts of flooding. Finally, the report describes how the health risks could be characterised using the Disability Adjusted Life Year (DALY).en_GB
dc.description.sponsorshipThe work described in this publication was supported by the European Community’s Seventh Framework Programme through the grant to the budget of CORFU Collaborative Research on Flood Resilience in Urban Areas, Contract 244047.en_GB
dc.identifier.citationCORFU Project Deliverablesen_GB
dc.identifier.urihttp://hdl.handle.net/10871/21228
dc.language.isoenen_GB
dc.publisherUniversity of Exeteren_GB
dc.relation.urlhttp://corfu7.eu/media/universityofexeter/research/microsites/corfu/1publicdocs/publicresults/D3.5.pdfen_GB
dc.subjectCORFUen_GB
dc.titleHealth Impacts Modelen_GB
dc.typeReporten_GB
dc.date.available2016-04-25T13:40:03Z
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