Health impact of disaster-related stress on pregnant women living in the affected area of the Noto Peninsula earthquake in Japan

Psychiatry and Clinical Neurosciences

Volumn 63, Issue 1, 2009, Pages 107-115

  Hibino, Yuri ^a   Takaki, Jiro ^b   Kambayashi, Yasuhiro ^a   Hitomi, Yoshiaki ^a   Sakai, Akemi ^a   Sekizuka, Naomi ^a   Ogino, Keiki ^b   Nakamura, Hiroyuki ^a  

^a KANAZAWA UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^b OKAYAMA UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

Depression; Earthquake; Natural disaster

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ANXIETY; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DELIVERY; EARTHQUAKE; EDINBURGH POSTNATAL DEPRESSION SCALE; FEMALE; HUMAN; JAPAN; MATERNAL WELFARE; PARITY; PREGNANT WOMAN; PUERPERAL DEPRESSION; STRESS;

ADULT; EARTHQUAKES; FAMILY; FEMALE; HEALTH; HUMANS; JAPAN; ODDS RATIO; PREGNANCY; PREGNANCY COMPLICATIONS; QUESTIONNAIRES; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; SOCIOECONOMIC FACTORS; STRESS, PSYCHOLOGICAL; TREATMENT OUTCOME; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 58449091764     PISSN: 13231316     EISSN: 14401819     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1440-1819.2008.01911.x     Document Type: Article

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