The psychological development of children from Belarus exposed in the prenatal period to radiation from the Chernobyl atomic power plant

Journal of Child Psychology and Psychiatry and Allied Disciplines

Volumn 40, Issue 2, 1999, Pages 299-305

  Kolominsky, Y ^a   Igumnov, S ^b,d   Drozdovitch, V ^c  

^a Belarusian State Pedagogical University   (Belarus)

^b Republican Hlth Ctr Radiat Med   (Belarus)

^c INSTITUTE FOR MATHEMATICS   (Belarus)

^d Belarusian Institute for Postgraduate Medical Education   (Belarus)

Author keywords

Education; Emotional disorder; Prenatal; Radiation; Social factors; Specific learning disabilities

Indexed keywords

AFFECTIVE NEUROSIS; ANXIETY; ARTICLE; BELARUS; CHERNOBYL ACCIDENT; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORRELATION FUNCTION; DEVELOPMENTAL DISORDER; EDUCATION; EMBRYO; FEMALE; FETUS; HUMAN; INTELLECT; INTELLIGENCE QUOTIENT; LANGUAGE DISABILITY; LEARNING DISORDER; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MENTAL DEVELOPMENT; MENTAL DISEASE; NEUROLOGIC EXAMINATION; PARENT; PRENATAL DEVELOPMENT; PRENATAL EXPOSURE; PRESCHOOL CHILD; PSYCHOLOGIC ASSESSMENT; RADIATION DOSE; RADIATION EXPOSURE; SCHOOL CHILD; SOCIAL ADAPTATION; SOCIAL CLASS; SOCIAL PSYCHOLOGY; SPEECH DISORDER; THYROID GLAND;

ACCIDENTS, RADIATION; ANXIETY; BYELARUS; CASE-CONTROL STUDIES; CHILD; DEVELOPMENTAL DISABILITIES; DISASTERS; DOSE-RESPONSE RELATIONSHIP, RADIATION; FEMALE; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; HUMANS; INTELLIGENCE; IODINE RADIOISOTOPES; MALE; MENTAL DISORDERS; PARENTS; POPULATION SURVEILLANCE; POWER PLANTS; PREGNANCY; PRENATAL EXPOSURE DELAYED EFFECTS; PREVALENCE; UKRAINE;

EID: 0033057134     PISSN: 00219630     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1017/S0021963098003369     Document Type: Article

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