Developing a new perspective to study the health of survivors of Sichuan earthquakes in China: A study on the effect of post-earthquake rescue policies on survivors' health-related quality of life

Health Research Policy and Systems

Volumn 11, Issue 1, 2013, Pages

  Liang, Ying ^a   Wang, Xiukun ^b  

^a NANJING UNIVERSITY   (China)

^b ZHEJIANG GONGSHANG UNIVERSITY   (China)

Author keywords

Health related quality of life; Post earthquake rescue policies; SEM; SF 36; Survivors

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CHINA; CONTROLLED STUDY; EARTHQUAKE; EMPLOYMENT; HEALTH CARE POLICY; HEALTH SURVEY; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; POVERTY; SHORT FORM 36; SOCIAL INTERACTION; SOCIAL SECURITY; SURVIVOR; UNEMPLOYMENT INSURANCE;

CHINA; DATA COLLECTION; EARTHQUAKES; FEDERAL GOVERNMENT; HEALTH; HUMANS; MENTAL HEALTH; MODELS, THEORETICAL; PERSONAL SATISFACTION; PUBLIC HEALTH; PUBLIC POLICY; QUALITY OF LIFE; QUESTIONNAIRES; RELIEF WORK; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS; RESCUE WORK; RESEARCH; SOCIOECONOMIC FACTORS; SURVIVORS;

EID: 84886380434     PISSN: None     EISSN: 14784505     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1186/1478-4505-11-41     Document Type: Article

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