Health-Related Quality of Life in the Aftermath of the L'Aquila Earthquake in Italy

Disaster Medicine and Public Health Preparedness

Volumn 10, Issue 1, 2016, Pages 11-15

  Gigantesco, Antonella ^a   D'Argenio, Paolo ^a   Cofini, Vincenza ^b   Mancini, Cristiana ^c   Minardi, Valentina ^a  

^a ISTITUTO SUPERIORE DI SANITÀ   (Italy)

^b UNIVERSITY OF L'AQUILA   (Italy)

^c ASL Avezzano Sulmona l'Aquila   (Italy)

Author keywords

earthquakes; epidemiological monitoring; mental disorders; psychological; resilience

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY; EARTHQUAKE; FEMALE; HEALTH STATUS; HUMAN; ITALY; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MORTALITY; PSYCHOLOGY; QUALITY OF LIFE; QUESTIONNAIRE; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; SURVIVOR;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; EARTHQUAKES; FEMALE; HEALTH STATUS; HUMANS; ITALY; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; QUALITY OF LIFE; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; SURVEYS AND QUESTIONNAIRES; SURVIVORS;

EID: 84959531133     PISSN: 19357893     EISSN: 1938744X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1017/dmp.2015.91     Document Type: Review

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