Impact of the 26 December 2003 bam earthquake on activities of daily living and instrumental activities of daily living of older people

Prehospital and Disaster Medicine

Volumn 26, Issue 2, 2011, Pages 99-108

  Ardalan, Ali ^a   Mazaheri, Monir ^a,b   Mowafi, Hani ^c,d   Vanrooyen, Michael ^c   Teimoori, Fariba ^e,f   Abbasi, Reza ^g  

^a TEHRAN UNIVERSITY OF MEDICAL SCIENCES   (Iran)

^b KAROLINSKA INSTITUTE   (Sweden)

^c HARVARD UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^d BOSTON MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^e UNIVERSITY OF SOCIAL WELFARE AND REHABILITATION SCIENCES   (Iran)

^f IRAN UNIVERSITY OF MEDICAL SCIENCES   (Iran)

^g KERMAN UNIVERSITY OF MEDICAL SCIENCES   (Iran)

Author keywords

activities of daily living; disaster; earthquake; elderly; instrumental activities of daily living; Iran

Indexed keywords

AGED; ARTICLE; CLUSTER ANALYSIS; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY; DAILY LIFE ACTIVITY; DISASTER; EARTHQUAKE; FEMALE; HUMAN; IRAN; MALE;

ACTIVITIES OF DAILY LIVING; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; CLUSTER ANALYSIS; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; DISASTERS; EARTHQUAKES; FEMALE; HUMANS; IRAN; MALE;

EID: 80054804957     PISSN: 1049023X     EISSN: 19451938     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1017/S1049023X11000045     Document Type: Article

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