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An examination of health data following two major earthquakes in Russia
Author(s) -
Beinin L.
Publication year - 1981
Publication title -
disasters
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.744
H-Index - 70
eISSN - 1467-7717
pISSN - 0361-3666
DOI - 10.1111/j.1467-7717.1981.tb01097.x
Subject(s) - occupational safety and health , poison control , injury prevention , communicable disease , medicine , affect (linguistics) , disease , suicide prevention , medical emergency , human factors and ergonomics , forensic engineering , environmental health , psychology , engineering , public health , pathology , communication
SUMMARY Thus the hazards to health observed from these two earthquakes can be summarised as follows:(a) massive immediate damage, the main victims being women and children; (b) the seriously injured suffer mainly from fractures (17%), head injuries (15–30%) and soft tissue conusions with haemhorrage; (c) a change in the physical features of a country which unfavourably affect the environment; (d) some time after the earthquake the appearance of communicable disease; (e) increases in cases of cardiovascular disease neuroses and psychoses.