Post-earthquake quality of life and psychological well-being: Longitudinal evaluation in a rural community sample in northern China

Psychiatry and Clinical Neurosciences

Volumn 54, Issue 4, 2000, Pages 427-433

  Wang, Xiangdong ^a,b   Gao, Lan ^b   Zhang, Huabiao ^c   Zhao, Chengzhi ^c   Shen, Yucun ^b   Shinfuku, Naotaka ^a  

^a KOBE UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^b PEKING UNIVERSITY HEALTH SCIENCE CENTER   (China)

^c Sha Ling Zi Hospital   (China)

Author keywords

Mental health; Natural disaster; Quality of life; Social support

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; CHINA; COPING BEHAVIOR; DISASTER; EARTHQUAKE; FEMALE; HUMAN; LONGITUDINAL STUDY; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MENTAL HEALTH; MENTAL STRESS; QUALITY OF LIFE; RURAL AREA; SAMPLING; SOCIAL PSYCHOLOGY; SOCIAL SUPPORT; WELLBEING;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; CHINA; FEMALE; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NATURAL DISASTERS; QUALITY OF LIFE; QUESTIONNAIRES; RURAL POPULATION; SOCIAL SUPPORT; STRESS DISORDERS, POST-TRAUMATIC; TIME FACTORS;

EID: 0033824399     PISSN: 13231316     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1046/j.1440-1819.2000.00732.x     Document Type: Article

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