Cardiovascular and cerebrovascular events pre-and post-earthquake of 6 April 2009: The Abruzzo's experience

American Journal of Hypertension

Volumn 25, Issue 5, 2012, Pages 556-560

  Sofia, Simona ^a   Melone, Antonina ^a   Manzoli, Lamberto ^b   De Ciantis, Pierpaolo ^a   Varrato, Elvira ^a   Di Filippo, Roberto ^a   Vittorini, Pierpaolo ^a   Balsano, Clara ^a,c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF L'AQUILA   (Italy)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CHIETI   (Italy)

^c SAPIENZA UNIVERSITY OF ROME   (Italy)

Author keywords

Abruzzo region; blood pressure; cardiovascular diseases; cerebrovascular diseases; earthquake; hypertension; L'Aquila

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CARDIOVASCULAR DISEASE; CEREBROVASCULAR DISEASE; CHILD; COMORBIDITY; DIABETES MELLITUS; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; EARTHQUAKE; FEMALE; HOSPITAL ADMISSION; HOSPITALIZATION; HUMAN; HYPERLIPIDEMIA; HYPERTENSION; INFANT; ITALY; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; OBSERVATIONAL STUDY; PRESCHOOL CHILD; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SCHOOL CHILD;

ADMITTING DEPARTMENT, HOSPITAL; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; CARDIOVASCULAR DISEASES; EARTHQUAKES; FEMALE; HUMANS; ITALY; KAPLAN-MEIER ESTIMATE; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; STROKE;

EID: 84859919739     PISSN: 08957061     EISSN: 19417225     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/ajh.2012.4     Document Type: Article

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