Behavioral response in the immediate aftermath of shaking: Earthquakes in Christchurch and Wellington, New Zealand, and Hitachi, Japan

International Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health

Volumn 13, Issue 11, 2016, Pages

  Jon, Ihnji ^a   Lindell, Michael K ^a   Prater, Carla S ^a   Huang, Shih Kai ^b   Wu, Hao Che ^c   Johnston, David M ^d   Becker, Julia S ^d   Shiroshita, Hideyuki ^e   Doyle, Emma E H ^d   Potter, Sally H ^d   McClure, John ^f   Lambie, Emily ^g  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WASHINGTON   (United States)

^b JACKSONVILLE STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c OKLAHOMA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^d GNS SCIENCE   (New Zealand)

^e KANSAI UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^f VICTORIA UNIVERSITY OF WELLINGTON   (New Zealand)

^g UNIVERSITY OF CANTERBURY   (New Zealand)

Author keywords

Earthquakes; Post impact response actions; Risk perception

Indexed keywords

DEMOGRAPHY; EARTHQUAKE EVENT; EARTHQUAKE INTENSITY; RESEARCH; RISK PERCEPTION;

BEHAVIOR; EARTHQUAKE; EMERGENCY; FAMILY; HUMAN; JAPAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MANAGER; NEW ZEALAND; PERCEPTION; ADULT; AGED; DISASTER; FEMALE; HIGH RISK BEHAVIOR; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PSYCHOLOGY; SOCIOECONOMICS; SURVIVOR; TIME FACTOR; VERY ELDERLY;

CANTERBURY [SOUTH ISLAND]; CHRISTCHURCH [CANTERBURY]; HITACHI; JAPAN; NEW ZEALAND; NORTH ISLAND; SOUTH ISLAND; WELLINGTON [NORTH ISLAND]; WELLINGTON [WELLINGTON (RGA)];

ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; DISASTERS; EARTHQUAKES; FEMALE; HUMANS; JAPAN; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NEW ZEALAND; RISK-TAKING; SOCIOECONOMIC FACTORS; SURVIVORS; TIME FACTORS;

EID: 84995602492     PISSN: 16617827     EISSN: 16604601     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3390/ijerph13111137     Document Type: Article

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