A Descriptive Study to Assess the Stress as an Impact of Flood among People Living in Flood Affected Areas in Majuli, Assam.
Flooding is the most common of all natural hazards globally. Flood can cause a wide range of negative psychological responses like post traumatic stress disorder. This study was conducted to assess the stress among flood affected people and also to find out the association between stress and selecte...
| Publicado en: | International Journal of Nursing Education Vol. 8; no. 3; pp. 45 - 51 |
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