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. 2015 Jul 17;12(7):8359–8412. doi: 10.3390/ijerph120708359

Table A1.

Health effects of drought.

Health Effect Reference (Country/Region)
Food-/Water-borne diseases, water contamination [Canada, U.S.]
[23,63,69,75,81,86,110,327] *; [2,45,46,47,48,49,50,51,52,55,60,62]
[International]
[42,58]*(Africa); [244](Aral sea); [92,109]*(Australia); [100]*(Beirut-Lebanon); [227](England and Wales); [65,108] * (France); [74] (India); [56] (South Wales) [57]; [99] * (Taiwan); [102,103] *; [44,54,57,59,78,94,208]
Vector-borne and other infectious diseases [Canada, U.S.]
[115,116,117,119,121,122,124,125,127,129,131,132,135,140,143,145,146,147,148,328] *; [46,48,50,51,53,118,142]
[International]
[120]*(France); [141] * (Paraguay); [242] (Southern Africa); [130] (UK); [59]
Respiratory impairments [Canada, U.S.]
[155,156,158] *; [46,48,49,80,83,154]
[International]
[243](Asia); [162] * (Brazil); [161] (Israel); [43]
Malnutrition, Food security [Canada, U.S.]
[46,48,50,275]
[International]
[42] (Africa); [244] (Aral sea); [243] (Asia); [59,90,206,207,268] (Kenya); [268] (Zimbabwe);[43,44,59,78,90,94,207,208]
Mental health [Canada, U.S.]
[51,164,176,258,327]*; [2,46,50,80,83,164]
[International]
[42] (Africa); [196,201,212,213,214,216,217,218,219,221,222,223,224,225,227,228,229,236,254,256,257,259,260,261,263] (Australia) *; [226,255,329,330] (Australia); [331] * (Bolivia); [215] * (Brazil); [78,90,207,208,220,332]
Wildfire [Canada, U.S.]
[46,48,51,83]
[International]
[78]
Injury [Canada, U.S.]
[170,171] *; [23,46,51,153]
Mortality [Canada, U.S.]
[23,50]
[International]
[243](Asia); [42] (Africa); [268](Zimbabwe); [41,43,44,268]

* = Primary research.