Excess mortality among relocated institutionalized elderly after the Fukushima nuclear disaster

Public Health

Volumn 127, Issue 2, 2013, Pages 186-188

  Yasumura, S ^a   Goto, A ^a   Yamazaki, S ^a   Reich, M R ^b  

^a FUKUSHIMA MEDICAL UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^b HARVARD SCHOOL OF PUBLIC HEALTH   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ELDERLY POPULATION; FALLOUT; HEALTH IMPACT; MORTALITY; NUCLEAR ACCIDENT; RELOCATION;

AGE; AGED; ARTICLE; BASIC NEEDS; CAUSE OF DEATH; DEHYDRATION; DISASTER PLANNING; EVACUEE; FEMALE; FINANCIAL MANAGEMENT; FUKUSHIMA NUCLEAR ACCIDENT; GENERAL CONDITION DETERIORATION; GEOGRAPHY; GERIATRIC CARE; GERIATRIC REHABILITATION; GERIATRICS; HEALTH CARE DELIVERY; HEALTH CARE FACILITY; HEALTH CARE NEED; HEALTH INSURANCE; HUMAN; HYPOTHERMIA; INSTITUTIONALIZATION; JAPAN; LONG TERM CARE; MALE; MENTAL DEFICIENCY; NAMED GROUPS OF PERSONS; NURSING HOME; PHYSICAL DISABILITY; PNEUMONIA; PRACTICE GUIDELINE; RADIATION EXPOSURE; RESIDENTIAL HOME; SEX DIFFERENCE; SOCIAL DISCRIMINATION; SOCIAL SUPPORT; TRAFFIC AND TRANSPORT;

AGED; FEMALE; FUKUSHIMA NUCLEAR ACCIDENT; GROUP HOMES; HEALTH FACILITIES; HEALTH SERVICES FOR THE AGED; HUMANS; INSTITUTIONALIZATION; JAPAN; MALE; MORTALITY; NURSING HOMES; RESIDENTIAL FACILITIES;

FUKUSHIMA; HONSHU; JAPAN; TOHOKU;

EID: 84875550970     PISSN: 00333506     EISSN: 14765616     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.puhe.2012.10.019     Document Type: Article

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