The role of gender and age in fracture distribution following the 2008 Wenchuan earthquake

Natural Hazards

Volumn 59, Issue 3, 2011, Pages 1357-1375

  Cao, Ying ^a   Kamel, Nabil ^b  

^a SICHUAN UNIVERSITY   (China)

^b ARIZONA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Age; China; Disaster; Fractures; Gender; Injuries

Indexed keywords

AGE STRUCTURE; DEMOGRAPHIC SURVEY; DISASTER RELIEF; GENDER RELATIONS; HAZARD ASSESSMENT; INJURY; SICHUAN EARTHQUAKE 2008;

CHINA; SICHUAN; WENCHUAN;

EID: 80355132232     PISSN: 0921030X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s11069-011-9836-2     Document Type: Article

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