Emergency Medicine: Open Access
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Megumi Tsubota-Utsugi

Publications

• Research Article
  Tsunami Damage Associated with a Decline in Respiratory Function among Victims of the Great East Japan Earthquake in Iwate Prefecture: The RIAS Study
  Author(s): Kojiro Shiga, Kozo Tanno, Yuki Yonekura, Diana Lu, Kyle Miyazaki BS, Haruki Shimoda, Ryohei Sasaki, Megumi Tsubota-Utsugi, Yuji Fujii, Kiyomi Sakata, Seiichiro Kobayashi and Akira OgawaKojiro Shiga, Kozo Tanno, Yuki Yonekura, Diana Lu, Kyle Miyazaki BS, Haruki Shimoda, Ryohei Sasaki, Megumi Tsubota-Utsugi, Yuji Fujii, Kiyomi Sakata, Seiichiro Kobayashi and Akira Ogawa
  
  A few studies have investigated the long-term impact of tsunami damage on victims’ respiratory function. This study aimed to analyze the association between the extent of tsunami damage and the respiratory function of victims 2 years after the Great East Japan Earthquake and Tsunami in tsunami-stricken areas of Iwate Prefecture. Data on 6,608 victims who underwent health checkups in the coastal regions of Iwate Prefecture in 2011 and 2013 were utilized. The association between respiratory function (percentage vital capacity, forced expiratory volume in one second, and forced expiratory volume percentage in one second) in 2013 and tsunami damage was then determined by analysis of covariance, adjusting for age, sex, medical history (hypertension, diabetes, dyslipidemia, and respiratory disease), smoking status (never smoked, former smoker, or current smoker), physical activity lev.. View More»
  DOI: 10.4172/2165-7548.1000364

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