Is the health status of female victims poorer than males in the post-disaster reconstruction in China: A comparative study of data on male victims in the first survey and double tracking survey data

BMC Women's Health

Volumn 14, Issue 1, 2014, Pages

  Liang, Ying ^a   Cao, Runxia ^b  

^a NANJING UNIVERSITY   (China)

^b ZHEJIANG GONGSHANG UNIVERSITY   (China)

Author keywords

Comparative study; Double tracking survey data; Female; HRQOL; Post disaster reconstruction; SEM; SF 12; Sichuan earthquake; Victims

Indexed keywords

ACCIDENTS AND ACCIDENT RELATED PHENOMENA; ARTICLE; CHINA; COMPARATIVE STUDY; DISASTER VICTIM; EARTHQUAKE; EMOTIONALITY; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; HEALTH STATUS; HUMAN; MALE; MENTAL HEALTH; PHYSICAL ACTIVITY; POST DISASTER RECONSTRUCTION; QUALITY OF LIFE; RELIABILITY; SEX DIFFERENCE; SHORT FORM 12; SHORT FORM 36; SOCIAL STATUS;

CHINA; DISASTERS; EARTHQUAKES; FEMALE; HEALTH STATUS; HEALTH STATUS DISPARITIES; HUMANS; MALE; QUALITY OF LIFE; QUESTIONNAIRES; SEX FACTORS; WOMEN'S HEALTH;

EID: 84893372778     PISSN: None     EISSN: 14726874     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1186/1472-6874-14-18     Document Type: Article

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