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Volume 15, Issue 8 , Pages 527-528 , November 2008

The need for measures to prevent “solitary deaths” after large earthquakes – Based on current conditions following the Great Hanshin-Awaji Earthquake

Yoshitsugu Fujita, MD
- Department of Internal Medicine, Division of Respiratory and Infectious Diseases, St Marianna University School of Medicine, Kanagawa 216-8511, Japan
Ken Inoue, MD PhD
- Department of Public Health, Fujita Health University School of Medicine, 1-98, Dengakugakubo, Kutsukake-cho, Toyoake, Aichi 470-1192, Japan
- Corresponding author. Tel.: +81 562 93 2453; fax: +81 562 93 3079.
Nobuhiko Seki, MD PhD
- Department of Internal Medicine, Division of Medical Oncology, Teikyo University School of Medicine, Tokyo 173-8605, Japan
Takeo Inoue, MD PhD
- Department of Urology, St Marianna University School of Medicine, Kanagawa 216-8511, Japan
Akira Sakuta, MD PhD
- Seigakuin Schools, Saitama 362-8585, Japan
Teruomi Miyazawa, MD PhD
- Department of Internal Medicine, Division of Respiratory and Infectious Diseases, St Marianna University School of Medicine, Kanagawa 216-8511, Japan
Kenji Eguchi, MD PhD
- Department of Internal Medicine, Division of Medical Oncology, Teikyo University School of Medicine, Tokyo 173-8605, Japan

Received 27 March 2008 ,Accepted 18 May 2008.

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