Mortality in the 2011 tsunami in Japan

Journal of Epidemiology

Volumn 23, Issue 1, 2013, Pages 70-73

  Nakahara, Shinji ^a   Ichikawa, Masao ^b  

^a ST MARIANNA UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (Japan)

^b UNIVERSITY OF TSUKUBA   (Japan)

Author keywords

Disaster planning; Epidemiology; Regional differences; School safety; Tsunamis

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGE DISTRIBUTION; AGED; ARTICLE; CHILD; DEMOGRAPHY; EARTHQUAKE; FEMALE; HUMAN; INFANT; JAPAN; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MORTALITY; PRESCHOOL CHILD; RISK ASSESSMENT; SEX RATIO; STATISTICS; TSUNAMI;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGE DISTRIBUTION; AGED; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; EARTHQUAKES; FEMALE; HUMANS; INFANT; JAPAN; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MORTALITY; RESIDENCE CHARACTERISTICS; RISK ASSESSMENT; SEX DISTRIBUTION; TSUNAMIS; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84874727511     PISSN: 09175040     EISSN: 13499092     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2188/jea.JE20120114     Document Type: Article

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