Risk factors for long-term mental and psychosomatic distress in Latvian Chernobyl liquidators

Environmental Health Perspectives

Volumn 105, Issue SUPPL. 6, 1997, Pages 1539-1544

  Viel, Jean François ^a   Curbakova, Elvira ^b   Dzerve, Baiba ^b   Eglite, Maija ^c   Zvagule, Tija ^b   Vincent, Claude ^a  

^a Laboratory of Immunology   (France)

^b PAULS STRADINS CLINICAL UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Latvia)

^c RIGA STRADINS UNIVERSITY   (Latvia)

Author keywords

Chernobyl; Liquidators; Mental disorders; Risk factors

Indexed keywords

ADULT; CHERNOBYL ACCIDENT; COHORT ANALYSIS; CONFERENCE PAPER; CONSTRUCTION WORK; CONTROLLED STUDY; DATA ANALYSIS; DISTRESS SYNDROME; EPIDEMIOLOGY; FOOD INTAKE; FOREST WORKER; FRUIT; HEALTH HAZARD; HEALTH STATUS; HUMAN; HYPOTHESIS; LATVIA; LONG TERM EXPOSURE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MATHEMATICAL MODEL; MENTAL DISEASE; MENTAL HEALTH; NUCLEAR REACTOR; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; PSYCHOSOMATIC DISORDER; RADIATION EXPOSURE; RISK FACTOR; STATISTICAL ANALYSIS; STRESS; WORK ENVIRONMENT; WORKER;

EID: 0031446930     PISSN: 00916765     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1289/ehp.97105s61539     Document Type: Conference Paper

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