Building collapse and human deaths resulting from the Chi-Chi earthquake in Taiwan, September 1999

Archives of Environmental Health

Volumn 58, Issue 9, 2003, Pages 572-578

  Liao, Yen Fisiung ^a,b   Hwang, Long Chih ^a,b   Chang, Chih Ching ^a   Hong, Yu Jue ^a   Lee, I Nong ^a   Huang, Jen Hsuan ^c   Lin, Shu Fang ^d   Shen, Maurice ^e   Lin, Chia Hong ^f   Gau, Yung Yen ^a   Yang, Chin Tzo ^a  

^a KAOHSIUNG MEDICAL UNIVERSITY   (Taiwan)

^b Intl Assoc of Search and Rescue   (Taiwan)

^c CHUNG SHAN MEDICAL UNIVERSITY   (Taiwan)

^d Kaohsiung Branch Office   (Taiwan)

^e NATIONAL KAOHSIUNG NORMAL UNIVERSITY   (Taiwan)

^f Shin Horng Machinery Industry   (Taiwan)

Author keywords

Earthquake; Fault; Isoseismal; Peak ground acceleration

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; BUILDING; CHILD; CONSTRUCTION WORK; EARTHQUAKE; ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACT; FEMALE; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MORTALITY; MOTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; TAIWAN;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGE DISTRIBUTION; AGED; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MORTALITY; NATURAL DISASTERS; SEX DISTRIBUTION; TAIWAN;

EID: 4444359511     PISSN: 00039896     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3200/AEOH.58.9.572-578     Document Type: Article

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