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https://doi.org/10.5194/nhess-14-1663-2014
https://doi.org/10.5194/nhess-14-1663-2014
Research article
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03 Jul 2014
Research article |  | 03 Jul 2014

A simple model for the estimation of the number of fatalities due to floods in central Europe

M. Brazdova and J. Riha

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