The impact of a catastrophic earthquake on morbidity rates for various illnesses

Public Health

Volumn 114, Issue 4, 2000, Pages 249-253

  Matsuoka, T ^a,e   Yoshioka, T ^b   Oda, J ^c   Tanaka, H ^c   Kuwagata, Y ^c   Sugimoto, H ^c   Sugimoto, T ^d  

^a National Hospital Organization   (Japan)

^b OSAKA GENERAL MEDICAL CENTER   (Japan)

^c OSAKA UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Japan)

^d Ryokufukai Hospital   (Japan)

^e National Hospital Organization   (Japan)

Author keywords

Acute illness; Eartquake; Morbidity rate; Peptic ulcer; Pneumonia

Indexed keywords

EARTHQUAKE; HEALTH IMPACT; KOBE EARTHQUAKE 1995; MEDICAL GEOGRAPHY; MORBIDITY;

ACUTE HEART FAILURE; ADULT; AGED; ANALYSIS; ARTICLE; ASTHMA; CALCULATION; CEREBROVASCULAR DISEASE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DEHYDRATION; DISASTER; EARTHQUAKE; FEMALE; HOSPITAL ADMISSION; HOSPITALIZATION; HUMAN; ISCHEMIC HEART DISEASE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MEDICAL RECORD; MORBIDITY; PEPTIC ULCER; PNEUMONIA;

HONSHU; JAPAN; KOBE;

EID: 0033899346     PISSN: 00333506     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/sj.ph.1900660     Document Type: Article

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