Phases of earthquake experience: A case study of the June 2000 south Iceland earthquakes

Risk Analysis

Volumn 26, Issue 5, 2006, Pages 1235-1246

  Akason, Jon Börkur ^a   Ólafsson, Stefan ^a   Sigbjörnsson, Ragnar ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ICELAND   (Iceland)

Author keywords

Earthquake; Experience; Mitigation; Prevention; Stress

Indexed keywords

MITIGATION; SOCIOSTRUCTURAL IMPACT;

SOCIAL ASPECTS; STRESS ANALYSIS; SURVEYS;

EARTHQUAKE EFFECTS;

EARTHQUAKE EVENT; FIELD SURVEY; QUESTIONNAIRE SURVEY; RISK ASSESSMENT; SOCIAL STRUCTURE; VULNERABILITY;

ARTICLE; EARTHQUAKE; EXPERIENCE; HEALTH SURVEY; HIGH RISK POPULATION; HUMAN; ICELAND; INTERVIEW; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; QUESTIONNAIRE; RISK ASSESSMENT; SOCIAL ASPECT; STRESS; VICTIM; VULNERABLE POPULATION;

ANXIETY; DISASTER PLANNING; DISASTERS; FEAR; HUMANS; ICELAND; LIFE CHANGE EVENTS; NATURAL DISASTERS; QUESTIONNAIRES; RISK FACTORS; SOCIAL SUPPORT; STRESS DISORDERS, TRAUMATIC; STRESS, PSYCHOLOGICAL; SURVIVORS;

ARCTIC; ICELAND;

EID: 33750222474     PISSN: 02724332     EISSN: 15396924     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1539-6924.2006.00811.x     Document Type: Article

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