Background: Disasters often have negative health consequences. Studies of health
problems presented in family practice before and after a disaster are rare. The present study …

Background We aimed to quantify the health problems and to assess the possible risk
factors for developing health problems in persons affected by the explosion of a firework …

Objective. To study the health problems presented to general practitioners by disaster
survivors who received specialized ambulatory mental health care. Design.(Longitudinal) …

Background. Survivors of disaster with pre-disaster psychological problems are believed to
be at risk for presenting post-disaster psychological and physical morbidity. Up till now this …

Background: Public health policy is increasingly concerned with the care for victims of a
disaster. This article describes the design and implementation of an epidemiological study …

Background. A serious life event is likely to shape attributions relating to symptoms
experienced afterwards. While they may play an important role in prognosis and seeking …

Objectives To study short-and long-term effects of experiencing a disaster in repatriated
injured survivors and the differential effect of injury, need for medical treatment, loss of loved …

OBJECTIVE:: The aims of this study were to examine health problems of children (4-12
years old at the time of the disaster) and adolescents (13-18 years old at the time of the …

BackgroundThere are few prospective studies on risk factors for health problems after
disasters in which actual pre-disaster health data are available. AimsTo examine whether …

Objectives: Two to three weeks after the explosion of a fireworks storage facility in a
residential area (May 2000, Enschede, The Netherlands) we assessed the self-reported …