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From: Changes in suicide rates in disaster-stricken areas following the Great East Japan Earthquake and their effect on economic factors: an ecological study

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Earthquake epicenter and disaster-stricken and neighboring (control) areas. The Great East Japan Earthquake occurred on March 11, 2011, with a magnitude of 9.0 and an epicenter approximately 130 km off the shore of Sanriku and east-southeast of the Ojika Peninsula. The disaster-stricken area was defined as the region comprising Iwate, Miyagi, and Fukushima Prefectures. The control area was defined as the region comprising Aomori, Akita, and Yamagata Prefectures

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Environmental Health and Preventive Medicine

ISSN: 1347-4715

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