Geographical detector-based risk assessment of the under-five mortality in the 2008 Wenchuan earthquake, China.

On 12 May, 2008, a devastating earthquake registering 8.0 on the Richter scale occurred in Sichuan Province, China, taking tens of thousands of lives and destroying the homes of millions of people. Many of the deceased were children, particular children less than five years old who were more vulnera...

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Main Authors: Yi Hu, Jinfeng Wang, Xiaohong Li, Dan Ren, Jun Zhu
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Public Library of Science (PLoS) 2011-01-01
Series:PLoS ONE
Online Access:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/pmid/21738660/pdf/?tool=EBI