Impact of the Tohoku earthquake and tsunami on pneumonia hospitalisations and mortality among adults in northern Miyagi, Japan: A multicentre observational study

Thorax

Volumn 68, Issue 6, 2013, Pages 544-550

  Daito, Hisayoshi ^a,b   Suzuki, Motoi ^c   Shiihara, Jun ^a,b   Kilgore, Paul E ^d   Ohtomo, Hitoshi ^a,e   Morimoto, Konosuke ^c   Ishida, Masayuki ^c   Kamigaki, Taro ^f   Oshitani, Hitoshi ^f   Hashizume, Masahiro ^c   Endo, Wataru ^a   Hagiwara, Koichi ^b   Ariyoshi, Koya ^c   Okinaga, Shoji ^a,g  

^a Kesennuma City Hospital   (Japan)

^b SAITAMA MEDICAL UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^c NAGASAKI UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^d WAYNE STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^e Ohtomo Hospital   (Japan)

^f TOHOKU UNIVERSITY GRADUATE SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (Japan)

^g TOHOKU UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CAUSE OF DEATH; COMMUNITY ACQUIRED PNEUMONIA; CONTROLLED STUDY; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; DISEASE SURVEILLANCE; EARTHQUAKE; ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACT; FEMALE; GEOGRAPHIC DISTRIBUTION; HAEMOPHILUS INFLUENZAE; HOSPITALIZATION; HUMAN; INCIDENCE; JAPAN; KLEBSIELLA PNEUMONIAE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MORTALITY; MULTICENTER STUDY (TOPIC); NATURAL DISASTER; OBSERVATIONAL STUDY; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; PATHOLOGY; PATIENT ASSESSMENT; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RISK ASSESSMENT; RISK FACTOR; STREPTOCOCCUS PNEUMONIAE; TSUNAMI;

EID: 84877590328     PISSN: 00406376     EISSN: 14683296     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1136/thoraxjnl-2012-202658     Document Type: Article

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