An Emerging Health Crisis in Turkey and Syria after the Earthquake Disaster on 6 February 2023: Risk Factors, Prevention and Management of Infectious Diseases
On 6 February 2023, Turkey and Syria were hit by two major earthquakes that caused extremely heavy structural damage to buildings and infrastructure in one of the most densely populated areas of Anatolia. The authors visited the devastated area shortly after the earthquakes in the frame of search an...
Main Authors: | Maria Mavrouli, Spyridon Mavroulis, Efthymios Lekkas, Athanassios Tsakris |
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Format: | Article |
Language: | English |
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MDPI AG
2023-04-01
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Series: | Healthcare |
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Online Access: | https://www.mdpi.com/2227-9032/11/7/1022 |
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