Before and after the 1999 Chi-Chi earthquake: Traumatic events and depressive symptoms in an older population

Social Science and Medicine

Volumn 62, Issue 12, 2006, Pages 3121-3132

  Seplaki, Christopher L ^a   Goldman, Noreen ^a   Weinstein, Maxine ^b   Lin, Yu Hsuan ^c  

^a PRINCETON UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b GEORGETOWN UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH   (Taiwan)

Author keywords

Age; Depressive symptoms; Earthquake; Socioeconomic status; Taiwan

Indexed keywords

COGNITION; DATA ACQUISITION; DEMOGRAPHIC SURVEY; EARTHQUAKE; HEALTH IMPACT; HEALTH RISK;

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; COGNITION; DATA ANALYSIS; DEMOGRAPHY; DEPRESSION; DISASTER; EARTHQUAKE; FEMALE; HEALTH STATUS; HEALTH SURVEY; HOME; HUMAN; LIFE EVENT; LONGITUDINAL STUDY; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; PSYCHOTRAUMA; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; RISK FACTOR; SOCIAL ASPECT; SOCIAL ISOLATION; SOCIAL STATUS; STATISTICAL MODEL; TAIWAN;

ACTIVITIES OF DAILY LIVING; AGE FACTORS; AGED; DEPRESSION; FEMALE; HUMANS; LIFE CHANGE EVENTS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NATURAL DISASTERS; RISK FACTORS; SEX FACTORS; SICKNESS IMPACT PROFILE; SOCIAL CLASS; SOCIAL ENVIRONMENT; SOCIAL ISOLATION; SOCIAL SUPPORT; STRESS DISORDERS, POST-TRAUMATIC; TAIWAN;

ASIA; EURASIA; FAR EAST; TAIWAN;

EID: 33646488339     PISSN: 02779536     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.socscimed.2005.11.059     Document Type: Article

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