Shelter-acquired pneumonia after a catastrophic earthquake in Japan

J Am Geriatr Soc. 2011 Oct;59(10):1968-70. doi: 10.1111/j.1532-5415.2011.03610_6.x.
No abstract available

Publication types

  • Letter

MeSH terms

  • Aged
  • Aged, 80 and over
  • Disasters*
  • Earthquakes*
  • Emergency Shelter*
  • Female
  • Humans
  • Japan
  • Male
  • Pneumonia, Aspiration / diagnosis
  • Pneumonia, Aspiration / etiology*
  • Refugees*
  • Risk Factors
  • Supine Position
  • Tsunamis*