A longitudinal study of quality of life of earthquake survivors in L'Aquila, Italy

BMC Public Health

Volumn 13, Issue 1, 2013, Pages

  Valenti, Marco ^a   Masedu, Francesco ^a   Mazza, Monica ^a   Tiberti, Sergio ^a   Di Giovanni, Chiara ^b   Calvarese, Anna ^b   Pirro, Roberta ^b   Sconci, Vittorio ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF L'AQUILA   (Italy)

^b Territorial Health Agency ASL1   (Italy)

Author keywords

Disaster relief; Earthquake; Longitudinal studies; Mental health; Psychosocial factors; Quality of life

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGE; DISASTER; EARTHQUAKE; EDUCATIONAL STATUS; FEMALE; HUMAN; ITALY; LONGITUDINAL STUDY; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PSYCHOLOGY; QUALITY OF LIFE; QUESTIONNAIRE; SEX DIFFERENCE; SOCIAL CLASS; STATISTICAL MODEL; STATISTICS AND NUMERICAL DATA; SURVIVOR; ARTICLE; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; STATISTICS;

ADULT; AGE FACTORS; DISASTERS; EARTHQUAKES; EDUCATIONAL STATUS; FEMALE; HUMANS; ITALY; LONGITUDINAL STUDIES; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MODELS, STATISTICAL; QUALITY OF LIFE; QUESTIONNAIRES; SEX FACTORS; SOCIAL CLASS; SURVIVORS;

EID: 84889024355     PISSN: None     EISSN: 14712458     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1186/1471-2458-13-1143     Document Type: Article

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