Public health status and influence factors after 2008 Wenchuan earthquake among survivors in Sichuan province, China: Cross-sectional trial

Public Health

Volumn 124, Issue 10, 2010, Pages 573-580

  Kun, P ^a   Wang, Z ^a   Chen, X ^a   Le, H ^a   Gong, X ^a   Zhang, L ^a   Yao, L ^a  

^a HUAZHONG UNIVERSITY OF SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY   (China)

Author keywords

Epidemiology of community; Influence factors; Natural disaster; Post earthquake Health Survey; Public health status; SF 12 instrument

Indexed keywords

EPIDEMIOLOGY; HEALTH SURVEY; MENTAL HEALTH; NATURAL DISASTER; PUBLIC HEALTH; SICHUAN EARTHQUAKE 2008; SOCIOECONOMIC CONDITIONS;

ADULT; ARTICLE; CHINA; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY; DEATH; EARTHQUAKE; FEMALE; GENDER; GEOGRAPHIC DISTRIBUTION; HEALTH PROGRAM; HEALTH STATUS; HEALTH SURVEY; HOUSEHOLD; HUMAN; INCOME; INJURY; MALE; MENTAL HEALTH; MORBIDITY; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; PHYSICAL CAPACITY; PUBLIC HEALTH; SHORT FORM 12; SURVIVOR;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; CHINA; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; EARTHQUAKES; FEMALE; FOOD SUPPLY; HEALTH STATUS; HUMANS; MALE; MENTAL HEALTH; MIDDLE AGED; PUBLIC HEALTH PRACTICE; RESIDENCE CHARACTERISTICS; SOCIOECONOMIC FACTORS; SURVIVORS; WATER SUPPLY; YOUNG ADULT;

CHINA; SICHUAN;

EID: 77957139141     PISSN: 00333506     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.puhe.2010.06.001     Document Type: Article

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