@article{ref1,
title="Earthquake and coronary heart disease risk factors: a longitudinal study",
journal="American journal of epidemiology",
year="1992",
author="Trevisan, M. and Jossa, F. and Farinaro, E. and Krogh, V. and Panico, S. and Giumetti, D. and Mancini, M.",
volume="135",
number="6",
pages="632-637",
abstract="The longitudinal association between a number of coronary heart disease risk factors and the experience of a natural disaster (earthquake) was analyzed in a group of workers participating in a longitudinal epidemiologic investigation. The 5-year follow-up examination was interrupted by a major earthquake, and examinations were resumed 2 weeks after the quake. Participants screened after the quake had, on average, higher heart rates, serum cholesterol, and triglycerides than participants examined before the quake; these differences were independent from the coronary heart disease risk factor values measured 5 years previously during the baseline examination. The data collected during the 12-year examination indicated that the observed short-term increase in serum lipids and heart rate was not present long-term (7 years after the quake). These longitudinal data indicate that exposure to a natural disaster can be associated with short-term increases in heart rate, serum cholesterol, and triglycerides but that there is no apparent long-term effect on these coronary heart disease risk factors.<p /> <p>Language: en</p>",
language="en",
issn="0002-9262",
doi="",
url="http://dx.doi.org/"
}