Quality of life, physical diseases, and psychological impairment among survivors 3 years after Wenchuan earthquake: A population based survey

PLoS ONE

Volumn 7, Issue 8, 2012, Pages

  Wen, Jin ^a   Shi, Ying kang ^a   Li, You ping ^a   Yuan, Ping ^b   Wang, Fang ^b  

^a SICHUAN UNIVERSITY   (China)

^b SICHUAN UNIVERSITY   (China)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; CHINA; CHRONIC DISEASE; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY; DEATH; EARTHQUAKE; EDUCATIONAL STATUS; FEMALE; HEALTH SURVEY; HUMAN; INCOME; INJURY; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MENTAL HEALTH SERVICE; PHYSICAL DISEASE; POPULATION RESEARCH; POSTTRAUMATIC STRESS DISORDER; PREVALENCE; QUALITY OF LIFE; RISK FACTOR; SHORT FORM 12; SURVIVOR; SYMPTOMATOLOGY;

ADULT; CHINA; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; EARTHQUAKES; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; QUALITY OF LIFE; QUESTIONNAIRES; STRESS DISORDERS, POST-TRAUMATIC; SURVIVORS;

EID: 84865188064     PISSN: None     EISSN: 19326203     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0043081     Document Type: Article

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