"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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| 2010 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| 2012 | 1 | 1 | 2 |
| 2013 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| 2014 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| 2018 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
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Below are the most recent publications written about "Floods" by people in Profiles.
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Disturbance Mediates Homogenization of Above and Belowground Invertebrate Communities. Environ Entomol. 2018 06 06; 47(3):545-550.
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Evaluation of high-resolution precipitation estimates from satellites during July 2012 Beijing flood event using dense rain gauge observations. PLoS One. 2014; 9(4):e89681.
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Rivers and flooded areas identified by medium-resolution remote sensing improve risk prediction of the highly pathogenic avian influenza H5N1 in Thailand. Geospat Health. 2013 Nov; 8(1):193-201.
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Improving risk models for avian influenza: the role of intensive poultry farming and flooded land during the 2004 Thailand epidemic. PLoS One. 2012; 7(11):e49528.
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Bacterial amplification and in-place carpet drying: implications for category 1 water intrusion restoration. J Environ Health. 2012 May; 74(9):8-14: quiz 47.
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Locally adapted fish populations maintain small-scale genetic differentiation despite perturbation by a catastrophic flood event. BMC Evol Biol. 2010 Aug 23; 10:256.