Longitudinal study on health-related quality of life among child and adolescent survivors of the 2008 Sichuan earthquake

Quality of Life Research

Volumn 22, Issue 4, 2013, Pages 745-752

  Tian, Wenhua ^a   Jia, Zhaobao ^a   Duan, Guangfeng ^a   Liu, Weizhi ^a   Pan, Xiao ^a   Guo, Qiang ^a   Chen, Ru ^a   Zhang, Xue ^a  

^a SECOND MILITARY MEDICAL UNIVERSITY   (China)

Author keywords

Child psychology; Earthquakes; Mental health; Quality of life

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; CHILD; DEMOGRAPHY; DISASTER; EARTHQUAKE; FEMALE; HEALTH STATUS; HEALTH SURVEY; HUMAN; LONGITUDINAL STUDY; MALE; MENTAL HEALTH; POSTTRAUMATIC STRESS DISORDER; PSYCHOLOGY; QUALITY OF LIFE; QUESTIONNAIRE; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; SOCIOECONOMICS; STATISTICS AND NUMERICAL DATA; SURVIVOR; TIME FACTOR; ARTICLE; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; STATISTICS; TIME;

ADOLESCENT; CHILD; DISASTERS; EARTHQUAKES; FEMALE; HEALTH STATUS; HUMANS; LONGITUDINAL STUDIES; MALE; MENTAL HEALTH; POPULATION SURVEILLANCE; QUALITY OF LIFE; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; RESIDENCE CHARACTERISTICS; SOCIOECONOMIC FACTORS; STRESS DISORDERS, POST-TRAUMATIC; SURVEYS AND QUESTIONNAIRES; SURVIVORS; TIME FACTORS; QUESTIONNAIRES;

EID: 84888063828     PISSN: 09629343     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s11136-012-0201-z     Document Type: Article

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