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Appendix A: Preliminary Literature Review Strategy
Pages 185-190

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... This is not an exhaustive list of all research conducted as additional, targeted searches were conducted throughout the course of the committee's work as new areas of focus emerged and additional information was gathered through public sessions, workshops, and webinars. Search Parameters • Date range: 1980–present • Type: Peer-review/grey literature • Range: International, English only Databases Reviewed • Cochrane Database of Systematic Reviews • Embase • Medline • News Abstracts • PAIS • Periodicals Abstracts • ProQuest • PsycInfo • PubMed 185
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... 186 MORTALITY AND MORBIDITY AFTER LARGE-SCALE DISASTERS • Scopus • SocINDEX • Worldcat Primary Search Terms • Morbidity • Mortality AND Primary Search Terms • Disaster impact • Disaster preparedness • Disaster-related • Hazard • Large-scale disasters • Natural disasters • Natural hazard AND KEY WORDS Causalities • Chronic illness/injury/disease o Cancer o Diabetes o Dialysis o End-stage renal disease o Noncommunicable diseases o Nursing homes • Death certification • Death certification process • Death certification timeliness • Death counts • Death data • Death scene investigation • Death statistics • Death tolls • Direct deaths/injury • Disability • Excess death • Excess morbidity • Excess mortality
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... APPENDIX A 187 • Indirect deaths/injury • Infectious diseases • Quality-adjusted life-year Crisis Coordination • Agency capacity • Capacity • Crisis coordination • Crisis management • Disaster mortuary operation teams • Incident Command System • Incident management • Medical examination • Military government coordination • Red Cross • Risk assessment • Risk planning Emergency Preparedness • Displacement • Emergency management • Emergency preparedness • Emergency responders • Emergency response Human-Induced Disaster • Bioterrorism • Biowarfare • Mass shootings • Terror attacks • Terrorism • Warfare Infrastructure • Collapses • Infrastructure failure • Structural failures Insurance • Funeral assistance • Home insurance • Life insurance
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... 188 MORTALITY AND MORBIDITY AFTER LARGE-SCALE DISASTERS Medicolegal • Medical law • Medicolegal Natural Disasters • Avalanche • Blizzard • Cold wave • Cyclone • Drought • Earthquake • Floods • Heat wave • Hurricane • Landslide • Mudslide • Sinkhole • Tornado • Typhoon • Volcano • Wildfire • Winter storm Psychosocial Health • Interviews • Medical examinations • Psychosocial health Public Health • Community mental health • Lasting effects of disasters • Medical examination • Neighborhood social processes • Public health communications • Public health policies Social Determinants of Health • Social capital • Social networks
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... [tiab] OR "heat wave"[tiab]
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