Shelter-acquired pneumonia after a catastrophic earthquake in Japan

Journal of the American Geriatrics Society

Volumn 59, Issue 10, 2011, Pages 1968-1970

  Suzuki, Mizue ^a   Uwano, Chika ^a   Ohrui, Takashi ^a   Ebihara, Takae ^a   Yamasaki, Miyako ^a   Asamura, Takaaki ^a   Tomita, Naoki ^a   Kosaka, Yoichi ^a   Furukawa, Katsutoshi ^a   Arai, Hiroyuki ^a  

^a TOHOKU UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CLINICAL FEATURE; DISASTER; EARTHQUAKE; ELDERLY CARE; ENVIRONMENTAL SANITATION; HEALTH CARE DELIVERY; HIGH RISK POPULATION; HUMAN; HYGIENE; INCIDENCE; JAPAN; LETTER; MALNUTRITION; MORBIDITY; MORTALITY; PNEUMONIA; REFUGEE; RISK FACTOR; SEX RATIO; SHELTER ACQUIRED PNEUMONIA; STREPTOCOCCUS PNEUMONIA; THORAX RADIOGRAPHY; TSUNAMI; URINALYSIS;

AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; DISASTERS; EARTHQUAKES; EMERGENCY SHELTER; FEMALE; HUMANS; JAPAN; MALE; PNEUMONIA, ASPIRATION; REFUGEES; RISK FACTORS; SUPINE POSITION; TSUNAMIS;

EID: 80054812705     PISSN: 00028614     EISSN: 15325415     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1532-5415.2011.03610_6.x     Document Type: Letter

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