Social network disruption as a major factor associated with psychological distress 3 years after the 2004 Niigata-Chuetsu earthquake in Japan

Environmental Health and Preventive Medicine

Volumn 17, Issue 2, 2012, Pages 118-123

  Oyama, Mari ^a   Nakamura, Kazutoshi ^a   Suda, Yuko ^b   Someya, Toshiyuki ^a,c  

^a NIIGATA UNIVERSITY GRADUATE SCHOOL OF MEDICAL AND DENTAL SCIENCES   (Japan)

^b Welfare Section   (Japan)

^c Mental Health and Welfare Association in Niigata Prefecture   (Japan)

Author keywords

Cross sectional studies; Earthquakes; Mental health; Psychological distress; Social support

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGE DISTRIBUTION; AGED; ARTICLE; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; DISTRESS SYNDROME; EARTHQUAKE; EMPLOYMENT STATUS; FEMALE; HUMAN; JAPAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PREVALENCE; RISK ASSESSMENT; RISK FACTOR; SOCIAL INTERACTION; SOCIAL NETWORK; UNEMPLOYMENT;

ADULT; AGE FACTORS; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; DISASTERS; EARTHQUAKES; FEMALE; HUMANS; JAPAN; LIFE CHANGE EVENTS; LOGISTIC MODELS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PSYCHOMETRICS; QUESTIONNAIRES; RESIDENCE CHARACTERISTICS; RISK FACTORS; SOCIAL SUPPORT; STRESS, PSYCHOLOGICAL; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84862904206     PISSN: 1342078X     EISSN: 13474715     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s12199-011-0225-y     Document Type: Article

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