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Mortality in the 2011 Tsunami in Japan

INTRODUCTION: On 11 March 2011, a magnitude 9.0 earthquake caused a huge tsunami that struck Northeast Japan, resulting in nearly 20 000 deaths. We investigated mortality patterns by age, sex, and region in the 3 most severely affected prefectures. METHODS: Using police data on earthquake victims in...

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Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Japan Epidemiological Association 2013
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC3700238/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/23089585
http://dx.doi.org/10.2188/jea.JE20120114