High prevalence of deep vein thrombosis in tsunami-flooded shelters established after the Great East-Japan earthquake

Tohoku Journal of Experimental Medicine

Volumn 227, Issue 3, 2012, Pages 199-202

  Ueda, Shinsaku ^a   Hanzawa, Kazuhiko ^b   Shibata, Muneichi ^c   Suzuki, Satoshi ^a  

^a JAPANESE RED CROSS SOCIETY   (Japan)

^b NIIGATA UNIVERSITY MEDICAL AND DENTAL HOSPITAL   (Japan)

^c Miyagi Cardiovascular and Respiratory Center ^*  (Japan)

Author keywords

Deep vein thrombosis; Emergency shelter; Great East Japan earthquake; Health hazard; Tsunami

Indexed keywords

DRINKING WATER;

ARTICLE; DEEP VEIN THROMBOSIS; DEHYDRATION; DIARRHEA; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; DISEASE EXACERBATION; EARTHQUAKE; ECHOGRAPHY; FLUID INTAKE; JAPAN; PREVALENCE; TSUNAMI; VOMITING; WATER SUPPLY;

AGED; DISASTERS; EARTHQUAKES; EMERGENCY SHELTER; FEMALE; FLOODS; GEOGRAPHY; HUMANS; JAPAN; MALE; PACIFIC OCEAN; PREVALENCE; TSUNAMIS; VENOUS THROMBOSIS;

EID: 84863875204     PISSN: 00408727     EISSN: 13493329     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1620/tjem.227.199     Document Type: Article

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