Increased coronary heart disease mortality after the Hanshin-Awaji earthquake among the older community on Awaji Island

Journal of the American Geriatrics Society

Volumn 45, Issue 5, 1997, Pages 610-613

  Kario, Kazuomi ^a,b,c,d,e   Ohashi, Takaham ^a,b,c  

^a Tsuna Medical Association   (Japan)

^b JICHI MEDICAL UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^c Awaji Hokudan Public Clinic   (Japan)

^d Ohashi Psychiatric Clinic   (Japan)

^e Tsuna Medical Association   (Japan)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ACUTE HEART FAILURE; ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CORONARY RISK; EARTHQUAKE; HEART INFARCTION; HUMAN; ISCHEMIC HEART DISEASE; JAPAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MORTALITY; STRESS; SUDDEN DEATH; CARDIOVASCULAR MORTALITY; COMMUNITY CARE; COMPARATIVE STUDY; CONTROLLED STUDY; DISASTER VICTIM; GERIATRICS; HEALTH CARE ACCESS; HEALTH SERVICE; HEART DEATH; NATURAL DISASTER; POPULATION; RESIDENTIAL HOME; SUDDEN CARDIAC DEATH;

EID: 0030958556     PISSN: 00028614     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1532-5415.1997.tb03096.x     Document Type: Article

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