"Earthquakes" is a descriptor in the National Library of Medicine's controlled vocabulary thesaurus,
MeSH (Medical Subject Headings). Descriptors are arranged in a hierarchical structure,
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Sudden slips on a fault, and the resulting ground shaking and radiated seismic energy caused by the slips, or by volcanic or magmatic activity, or other sudden stress changes in the earth. Faults are fractures along which the blocks of EARTH crust on either side have moved relative to one another parallel to the fracture.
| Descriptor ID |
D055866
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| MeSH Number(s) |
G01.311.250
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| 2011 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| 2017 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| 2019 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
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Below are the most recent publications written about "Earthquakes" by people in Profiles.
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Prevalence of Tuberculosis in Children After Natural Disasters, Bohol, Philippines. Emerg Infect Dis. 2019 10; 25(10):1884-1892.
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Post-earthquake Zika virus surge: Disaster and public health threat amid climatic conduciveness. Sci Rep. 2017 11 13; 7(1):15408.
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Community Health Workers and Disasters: Lessons Learned from the 2015 Earthquake in Nepal. Prehosp Disaster Med. 2017 Dec; 32(6):604-609.
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Differential effects of exposure to social violence and natural disaster on children's mental health. J Trauma Stress. 2013 Dec; 26(6):695-702.
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Orphans and at-risk children in Haiti: vulnerabilities and human rights issues postearthquake. ANS Adv Nurs Sci. 2012 Apr-Jun; 35(2):182-9.
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Short-term and long-term health risks of nuclear-power-plant accidents. N Engl J Med. 2011 Jun 16; 364(24):2334-41.