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Front. Med.
Sec. Geriatric Medicine
Volume 11 - 2024 | doi: 10.3389/fmed.2024.1420495
This article is part of the Research Topic Building Resilience in an Era of Multiple Global Crises View all 11 articles

Best medical practices for older adults after a disaster: A narrative review

Provisionally accepted
Katsutoshi Furukawa Katsutoshi Furukawa 1,2*Aiko Ishiki Aiko Ishiki 2Emiko Kurosawa Emiko Kurosawa 2Daiki Narai Daiki Narai 2Yuta Sakai Yuta Sakai 2Youtaro Arima Youtaro Arima 2Akinobu Aihara Akinobu Aihara 2Toshihiro Yamagata Toshihiro Yamagata 2Yoshihisa Katsuta Yoshihisa Katsuta 2Shigeto Mashiko Shigeto Mashiko 2Tomoya Oizumi Tomoya Oizumi 2
  • 1 Tohoku University, Sendai, Japan
  • 2 Tohoku Medical and Pharmaceutical University, Sendai, Miyagi, Japan

The final, formatted version of the article will be published soon.

    Keywords: disaster, earthquake, tsunami, Evacuation, older people

    Received: 20 Apr 2024; Accepted: 16 Sep 2024.

    Copyright: © 2024 Furukawa, Ishiki, Kurosawa, Narai, Sakai, Arima, Aihara, Yamagata, Katsuta, Mashiko and Oizumi. This is an open-access article distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution License (CC BY). The use, distribution or reproduction in other forums is permitted, provided the original author(s) or licensor are credited and that the original publication in this journal is cited, in accordance with accepted academic practice. No use, distribution or reproduction is permitted which does not comply with these terms.

    * Correspondence: Katsutoshi Furukawa, Tohoku University, Sendai, Japan

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