Who is at risk of death in an earthquake?

American Journal of Epidemiology

Volumn 160, Issue 7, 2004, Pages 688-695

  Chou, Yiing Jenq ^a   Huang, Nicole ^b   Lee, Cheng Hua ^a   Tsai, Shu Ling ^c   Chen, Long Shen ^a   Chang, Hong Jen ^c  

^a NATIONAL YANG MING UNIVERSITY   (Taiwan)

^b JOHNS HOPKINS BLOOMBERG SCHOOL OF PUBLIC HEALTH   (United States)

^c Bureau of National Health Insurance Taiwan   (Taiwan)

Author keywords

Health status; Mortality; Natural disasters; Social class; Socioeconomic status

Indexed keywords

EARTHQUAKE; MEDICAL GEOGRAPHY; MORTALITY; NATURAL DISASTER; RISK FACTOR; SOCIOECONOMIC STATUS;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CHILD; COHORT ANALYSIS; CONTROLLED STUDY; DISASTER; EARTHQUAKE; ENVIRONMENTAL FACTOR; FEMALE; HEALTH STATUS; HOSPITALIZATION; HUMAN; INFANT; MALE; MORTALITY; NEWBORN; NORMAL HUMAN; PHYSICAL DISABILITY; RISK FACTOR; SOCIAL CLASS; SOCIOECONOMICS; STATISTICAL ANALYSIS; TAIWAN;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; COHORT STUDIES; FEMALE; HEALTH STATUS; HOSPITALIZATION; HUMANS; INCOME; INFANT; INFANT, NEWBORN; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MORTALITY; NATURAL DISASTERS; ODDS RATIO; RESIDENCE CHARACTERISTICS; RISK FACTORS; SOCIAL CLASS; TAIWAN; VULNERABLE POPULATIONS;

ASIA; EURASIA; FAR EAST; TAIWAN;

EID: 4644317501     PISSN: 00029262     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/aje/kwh270     Document Type: Article

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