Earthquake-induced cardiovascular disease and related risk factors in focusing on the great hanshin-awaji earthquake

Journal of Epidemiology

Volumn 8, Issue 3, 1998, Pages 131-139

  Kario, Kazuomi ^a   Matsuo, Takefumi ^b   Kayaba, Kazunori ^a   Soukejima, Shigeru ^c   Kagamimori, Sadanobu ^c   Shimada, Kazuyuki ^a  

^a JICHI MEDICAL UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^b HYOGO PREFECTURAL AWAJI HOSPITAL   (Japan)

^c Department of Welfare Promotion and Epidemiology   (Japan)

Author keywords

Acute risk factor; Cardiovascular disease; Coronary artery disease; Hanshin awaji earthquake; Stroke

Indexed keywords

LIPID;

AGED; ARTICLE; BLOOD; BLOOD PRESSURE; CIRCADIAN RHYTHM; CORONARY ARTERY DISEASE; DISASTER; HUMAN; JAPAN; MENTAL STRESS; MIDDLE AGED; PHYSIOLOGY; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; RISK FACTOR; STRESS;

AGED; BLOOD PRESSURE; CIRCADIAN RHYTHM; CORONARY DISEASE; HUMANS; JAPAN; LIPIDS; MIDDLE AGED; NATURAL DISASTERS; RISK FACTORS; STRESS; STRESS, PSYCHOLOGICAL;

EID: 37849186396     PISSN: 09175040     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2188/jea.8.131     Document Type: Article

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