Impact of the earthquake of September 26, 1997 in Umbria, Italy on the socioenvironmental and psychophysical conditions of an elderly population

Aging Clinical and Experimental Research

Volumn 12, Issue 4, 2000, Pages 281-286

  Mecocci, P ^a   Di Iorio, A ^b   Pezzuto, S ^a   Rinaldi, P ^a   Simonelli, G ^a   Maggio, D ^a   Montesperelli, P ^c   Longo, A ^a   Cherubini, A ^a   Chiarappa, N ^c   Abate, G ^b   Senin, U ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PERUGIA   (Italy)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CHIETI   (Italy)

^c Istituto Regionale Ricerche Economiche e Sociali (IRRES)   (Italy)

Author keywords

Earthquake; Elderly; Psychological status; Social condition

Indexed keywords

AGED; ANXIETY; ARTICLE; COMORBIDITY; DAILY LIFE ACTIVITY; DEPRESSION; EARTHQUAKE; FEMALE; HEALTH STATUS; HUMAN; HYPERTENSION; ITALY; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MENTAL HEALTH; MOOD; MUSCULOSKELETAL DISEASE; SELF CONCEPT; SOCIAL INTERACTION; SOCIAL STATUS; WELLBEING;

ACTIVITIES OF DAILY LIVING; AGED; AGING; ENVIRONMENT; FAMILY; FEMALE; HEALTH STATUS; HOUSING; HUMANS; INTERPERSONAL RELATIONS; ITALY; MALE; MENTAL HEALTH; NATURAL DISASTERS; PSYCHOPHYSICS; SOCIAL CONDITIONS; SOCIAL SUPPORT;

UMBRA;

EID: 0033777082     PISSN: 03949532     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/bf03339848     Document Type: Article

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