Deterioration in regional health status after the acute phase of a great disaster: Respiratory physicians' experiences of the Great East Japan Earthquake

Respiratory Investigation

Volumn 51, Issue 2, 2013, Pages 50-55

  Ohkouchi, Shinya ^a,b   Shibuya, Risa ^a,b   Yanai, Masaru ^a,c   Kikuchi, Yoshihiro ^a,d   Ichinose, Masakazu ^b   Nukiwa, Toshihiro ^a,b,e  

^a Health Promoting Association of Respiratory Medicine of Tohoku   (Japan)

^b TOHOKU UNIVERSITY GRADUATE SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (Japan)

^c Japanese Red Cross Society   (Japan)

^d NATIONAL HOSPITAL ORGANIZATION   (Japan)

^e South Miyagi Medical Center   (Japan)

Author keywords

Disease prevalence; Earthquake; Infection; Pneumonia; Tsunami

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; ASTHMA; AWARENESS; CHILD; CHRONIC OBSTRUCTIVE LUNG DISEASE; COMMUNITY ACQUIRED PNEUMONIA; CONTROLLED STUDY; DETERIORATION; DISEASE EXACERBATION; EARTHQUAKE; HEALTH STATUS; HEALTH SURVEY; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MORTALITY; NATURAL DISASTER; PERSONAL EXPERIENCE; PHYSICIAN; PREVALENCE; SCHOOL CHILD; TSUNAMI;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; CHILD; EARTHQUAKES; HEALTH STATUS; HEALTH SURVEYS; HUMANS; JAPAN; MIDDLE AGED; PULMONARY MEDICINE; RESPIRATORY TRACT DISEASES; TSUNAMIS;

EID: 84879268078     PISSN: 22125345     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.resinv.2012.12.003     Document Type: Article

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