Health-Related Quality of Life of Chinese Earthquake Survivors: A Case Study of Five Hard-Hit Disaster Counties in Sichuan

Social Indicators Research

Volumn 119, Issue 2, 2014, Pages 943-966

  Liang, Ying ^a   Chu, Panghan ^a   Wang, Xiukun ^b  

^a NANJING UNIVERSITY   (China)

^b ZHEJIANG GONGSHANG UNIVERSITY   (China)

Author keywords

Earthquake survivor; Health related quality of life; SEM ANOVA; SF 36; Tukey s HSD

Indexed keywords

EID: 84891818931     PISSN: 03038300     EISSN: 15730921     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s11205-013-0525-2     Document Type: Article

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