Association between the incidence of premature rupture of membranes in pregnant women and seismic intensity of the Noto Peninsula earthquake

Environmental Health and Preventive Medicine

Volumn 15, Issue 5, 2010, Pages 292-298

  Sekizuka, Naomi ^a   Sakai, Akemi ^a   Aoyama, Kouya ^b   Kohama, Takafumi ^c   Nakahama, Yukio ^d   Fujita, Satoko ^e   Hibino, Yuri ^a   Hitomi, Yoshiaki ^a   Kambayashi, Yasuhiro ^a   Nakamura, Hiroyuki ^a  

^a KANAZAWA UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^b Wajima Municipal Hospital   (Japan)

^c Keiju Hospital   (Japan)

^d Anamizu General Hospital   (Japan)

^e Noto General Hospital   (Japan)

Author keywords

Earthquake; Peripartum abnormality; Pregnancy; Premature rupture of membranes; Seismic intensity

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; COHORT ANALYSIS; CONTROLLED STUDY; DATA BASE; EARTHQUAKE; EPIDEMIOLOGICAL DATA; FEMALE; GEOGRAPHIC AND GEOLOGICAL PHENOMENA; HUMAN; INCIDENCE; JAPAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; PREGNANCY OUTCOME; PREGNANT WOMAN; PREMATURE FETUS MEMBRANE RUPTURE; SEISMIC INTENSITY; TREND STUDY;

EID: 77956468009     PISSN: 1342078X     EISSN: 13474715     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s12199-010-0142-5     Document Type: Article

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