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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Autores principales:	Yi Hu, Jinfeng Wang, Xiaohong Li, Dan Ren, Jun Zhu
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Publicado:	Public Library of Science (PLoS) 2011
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spelling	oai:doaj.org-article:5b98db96e4b640269c05c4d74699d2c62021-11-18T06:51:13ZGeographical detector-based risk assessment of the under-five mortality in the 2008 Wenchuan earthquake, China.1932-620310.1371/journal.pone.0021427https://doaj.org/article/5b98db96e4b640269c05c4d74699d2c62011-01-01T00:00:00Zhttps://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/pmid/21738660/pdf/?tool=EBIhttps://doaj.org/toc/1932-6203On 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 vulnerable to such a huge disaster than the adult. In order to obtain information specifically relevant to further researches and future preventive measures, potential risk factors associated with earthquake-related child mortality need to be identified. We used four geographical detectors (risk detector, factor detector, ecological detector, and interaction detector) based on spatial variation analysis of some potential factors to assess their effects on the under-five mortality. It was found that three factors are responsible for child mortality: earthquake intensity, collapsed house, and slope. The study, despite some limitations, has important implications for both researchers and policy makers.Yi HuJinfeng WangXiaohong LiDan RenJun ZhuPublic Library of Science (PLoS)articleMedicineRScienceQENPLoS ONE, Vol 6, Iss 6, p e21427 (2011)
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description	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 vulnerable to such a huge disaster than the adult. In order to obtain information specifically relevant to further researches and future preventive measures, potential risk factors associated with earthquake-related child mortality need to be identified. We used four geographical detectors (risk detector, factor detector, ecological detector, and interaction detector) based on spatial variation analysis of some potential factors to assess their effects on the under-five mortality. It was found that three factors are responsible for child mortality: earthquake intensity, collapsed house, and slope. The study, despite some limitations, has important implications for both researchers and policy makers.
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author	Yi Hu Jinfeng Wang Xiaohong Li Dan Ren Jun Zhu
author_facet	Yi Hu Jinfeng Wang Xiaohong Li Dan Ren Jun Zhu
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title	Geographical detector-based risk assessment of the under-five mortality in the 2008 Wenchuan earthquake, China.
title_short	Geographical detector-based risk assessment of the under-five mortality in the 2008 Wenchuan earthquake, China.
title_full	Geographical detector-based risk assessment of the under-five mortality in the 2008 Wenchuan earthquake, China.
title_fullStr	Geographical detector-based risk assessment of the under-five mortality in the 2008 Wenchuan earthquake, China.
title_full_unstemmed	Geographical detector-based risk assessment of the under-five mortality in the 2008 Wenchuan earthquake, China.
title_sort	geographical detector-based risk assessment of the under-five mortality in the 2008 wenchuan earthquake, china.
publisher	Public Library of Science (PLoS)
publishDate	2011
url	https://doaj.org/article/5b98db96e4b640269c05c4d74699d2c6
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Geographical detector-based risk assessment of the under-five mortality in the 2008 Wenchuan earthquake, China.

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