Screening for psychiatric disorders in an area affected by the Chernobyl disaster: The reliability and validity of three psychiatric screening questionnaires in Belarus

Psychological Medicine

Volumn 26, Issue 4, 1996, Pages 837-844

  Havenaar, J M ^a   Poelijoe, N W ^b   Kasyanenko, A P ^b   Van Den Bout, J ^b   Koeter, M W J ^b   Filipenko, V V ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER UTRECHT   (Netherlands)

^b NONE

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; CHERNOBYL ACCIDENT; FEMALE; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MENTAL DISEASE; QUESTIONNAIRE; RADIOACTIVE CONTAMINATION; RELIABILITY; SCREENING; USSR;

EID: 0030016034     PISSN: 00332917     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1017/s0033291700037867     Document Type: Article

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