Comparison of two large earthquakes: The 2008 Sichuan earthquake and the 2011 east Japan Earthquake -from a student discussion session in Beijing, 2011

Keio Journal of Medicine

Volumn 61, Issue 1, 2012, Pages 35-39

  Otani, Yuki ^a   Ando, Takayuki ^a   Atobe, Kaori ^a   Haiden, Akina ^a   Kao, Sheng Yuan ^a   Saito, Kohei ^a   Shimanuki, Marie ^a   Yoshimoto, Norifumi ^a   Fukunaga, Koichi ^b  

^a KEIO UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^b TOKYO MEDICAL AND DENTAL UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

Disaster planning; Earthquake; East Japan Earthquake; Sichuan Earthquake

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CHINA; COMPARATIVE STUDY; DISASTER; DISASTER PLANNING; EARTHQUAKE; EDUCATION PROGRAM; EMERGENCY CARE; GOVERNMENT; HUMAN; JAPAN; MENTAL HEALTH CARE; RESCUE PERSONNEL; RISK MANAGEMENT;

CHINA; DISASTER PLANNING; DISASTERS; EARTHQUAKES; EMERGENCY MEDICAL SERVICES; FACILITY REGULATION AND CONTROL; GOVERNMENT REGULATION; HUMANS; INFORMATION DISSEMINATION; JAPAN; RELIEF WORK;

EID: 84860188964     PISSN: 00229717     EISSN: 18801293     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2302/kjm.61.35     Document Type: Article

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