Observational study of 1-year mortality rates before and after a major earthquake among Chinese nonagenarians

Journals of Gerontology - Series A Biological Sciences and Medical Sciences

Volumn 66 A, Issue 3, 2011, Pages 355-361

  Flaherty, Joseph H ^a,b   Dong, Birong ^c   Wu, Hongmei ^c   Zhang, Yanling ^c   Guralnik, Jack M ^d   Malmstrom, Theodore K ^a   Morley, John E ^a,b  

^a SAINT LOUIS UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b VETERANS AFFAIRS MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^c SICHUAN UNIVERSITY   (China)

^d NATIONAL INSTITUTE ON AGING   (United States)

Author keywords

Earthquake; Mortality; Nonagenarians

Indexed keywords

AGED; ARTICLE; CHINA; COMPARATIVE STUDY; EARTHQUAKE; FEMALE; HUMAN; MALE; MENTAL STRESS; MORTALITY; RISK FACTOR; TIME;

AGED, 80 AND OVER; CHINA; EARTHQUAKES; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; RISK FACTORS; STRESS, PSYCHOLOGICAL; TIME FACTORS;

EID: 79955106206     PISSN: 10795006     EISSN: 1758535X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/gerona/glq229     Document Type: Article

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