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Descriptor English:   Vulnerable Groups 
Descriptor Spanish:   Comunidades Vulnerables 
Descriptor Portuguese:   Comunidades Vulneráveis 
Tree Number:   SP8.473.981.972.907
Definition English:   A section of the population, specially infants, pregnant and lactating mothers, the elderly, the homeless, who are particularly prone to sickness and nutritional deficiencies. They are likely to suffer most in a disaster (Material V - Gunn, S.W.A. Multilingual Dictionary of Disaster Medicine and International Relief, 1990) 
Record Number:   34602 

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