"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,
which enables searching at various levels of specificity.
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.
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D055866
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MeSH Number(s) |
G01.311.250
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2010 | 2 | 0 | 2 |
2011 | 1 | 2 | 3 |
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Below are the most recent publications written about "Earthquakes" by people in Profiles.
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Dulski TM, Basavaraju SV, Hotz GA, Xu L, Selent MU, DeGennaro VA, Andrews D, Ford H, Coronado VG, Ginzburg E. Factors associated with inpatient mortality in a field hospital following the Haiti earthquake, January-May 2010. Am J Disaster Med. 2011 Sep-Oct; 6(5):275-84.
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Christodouleas JP, Forrest RD, Ainsley CG, Tochner Z, Hahn SM, Glatstein E. Short-term and long-term health risks of nuclear-power-plant accidents. N Engl J Med. 2011 Jun 16; 364(24):2334-41.
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Kelly PJ. Responding to disasters: avoiding common pitfalls. J Psychosoc Nurs Ment Health Serv. 2011 Mar; 49(3):10-1.
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Chen G, Lai W, Liu F, Mao Q, Tu F, Wen J, Xiao H, Zhang JC, Zhu T, Chen B, Hu ZY, Li RM, Liang Z, Nie H, Yan H, Yang BX, Du Q, Huang WX, Jiang YW, Kwan AS, Song L, Wu CM, Xiang T, Xu HW, Lau WB, Song HB, Wen CB, Yao ZH, Zhang L, Zeng J, Dai YE, Lopez BL, Zheng JQ, Zhou J, Christopher TA, Ma XL, Yu H, Xu LL, Guo Q, Song ZP, Volinn E, Kryger K, Cao Y, Ge H, Liu H, Luo CZ, Tao W, Zuo YX, Liu J. The dragon strikes: lessons from the Wenchuan earthquake. Anesth Analg. 2010 Mar 1; 110(3):908-15.
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Nie H, Tang SY, Lau WB, Zhang JC, Jiang YW, Lopez BL, Ma XL, Cao Y, Christopher TA. Triage during the week of the Sichuan earthquake: a review of utilized patient triage, care, and disposition procedures. Injury. 2011 May; 42(5):515-20.