A population-based study on the immediate and prolonged effects of the 1999 Taiwan earthquake on mortality

Annals of Epidemiology

Volumn 13, Issue 7, 2003, Pages 502-508

  Chan, Chang Chuan ^a,b   Lin, Yi Ping ^a   Chen, Hsiu Hsi ^a   Chang, Ta Yuan ^a   Cheng, Tsun Jen ^a   Chen, Li Sheng ^a  

^a NATIONAL TAIWAN UNIVERSITY   (Taiwan)

^b NONE   (Taiwan)

Author keywords

Damage; Earthquake; Mortality; Natural Disaster; SMR

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; ASPHYXIA; BIOSTATISTICS; BRAIN INJURY; CHILD; CONTROLLED STUDY; DEATH; DISASTER; EARTHQUAKE; FEMALE; HOUSEHOLD; HUMAN; INFANT; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MORTALITY; NEWBORN; OUTCOMES RESEARCH; POPULATION RESEARCH; PRIORITY JOURNAL; STANDARDIZATION; TAIWAN;

EID: 0043162017     PISSN: 10472797     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S1047-2797(03)00040-1     Document Type: Article

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