Mental health impacts of glacial lake outburst floods in mountain communities: a cross-sectional study from Hunza Valley, Pakistan

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<title>Abstract</title> <p> Background Glacial lake outburst floods (GLOFs) are among the most destructive mountain hazards, posing significant threats to lives, livelihoods, and infrastructure. Despite mounting evidence on their immediate physical and economic tolls, their psychological consequences on downstream mountain communities remain understudied. Methods A descriptive cross‑sectional study was conduct...

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• Amino Acid Substitution
• Brain-Derived Neurotrophic Factor
• Floods
• Follow-Up Studies
• Lakes
• Mutation, Missense
• Prevalence
• Stress Disorders, Post-Traumatic

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Literature Corpus work

77d21d42-1614-58f4-82cc-100c861d4749

DOI

10.21203/rs.3.rs-9162413/v1