Psychological distress among Bam earthquake survivors in Iran: a population-based study

• Main Authors: Garmaroudi Gholamreza (Author), Ebadi Mehdi (Author), Azin Seyed (Author), Omidvari Sepideh (Author), Baradaran Hamid (Author), Montazeri Ali (Author), Harirchi Amir (Author), Shariati Mohammad (Author)
• Format: Book
• Published: BMC, 2005-01-01T00:00:00Z.
• Subjects: article
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<p>Abstract</p> <p>Background</p> <p>An earthquake measuring 6.3 on the Richter scale struck the city of Bam in Iran on the 26th of December 2003 at 5.26 A.M. It was devastating, and left over 40,000 dead and around 30,000 injured. The profound tragedy of thousands kill...