Psychiatric morbidity and pregnancy outcome in a disaster area of Taiwan 921 earthquake
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Vegetation recovery assessment at the Jou-Jou Mountain landslide area caused by the 921 Earthquake in Central Taiwan
The catastrophic earthquake, 7.3 on the Richter scale, occurred on September 21, 1999. The 921 Earthquake was a terrifying disaster that caused numerous casualties in Central Taiwan. It is the severest earthquake in a recent hundred years. The land morphology and topography changed greatly with such features as land upheaval, river blockades and lakes dammed by debris in many locations. Severe ...
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عنوان ژورنال: Psychiatry and Clinical Neurosciences
سال: 2002
ISSN: 1323-1316,1440-1819
DOI: 10.1046/j.1440-1819.2002.00948.x