The differences of poor SRH among municipalities in Iwate after the Great East Japan Earthquake

Abstract The health of communities has been observed to recover at differential rates in the wake of disasters. In the present study, the 5-year trends in poor self-rated health (SRH) in three municipalities of Iwate Prefecture following the 2011 Great East Japan Earthquake and Tsunami were compared...

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Main Authors: Shuko Takahashi, Haruki Shimoda, Kiyomi Sakata, Akira Ogawa, Seiichiro Kobayashi, Ichiro Kawachi
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Nature Portfolio 2021-08-01
Series:Scientific Reports
Online Access:https://doi.org/10.1038/s41598-021-96237-3