School and neuropsychological performance of evacuated children in Kyiv 11 years after the Chornobyl disaster

Journal of Child Psychology and Psychiatry and Allied Disciplines

Volumn 41, Issue 3, 2000, Pages 291-299

  Litcher, Leighann ^a   Bromet, Evelyn J ^a   Carlson, Gabrielle ^a   Squires, Nancy ^a   Goldgaber, Dmitry ^a   Panina, Natalia ^b   Golovakha, Evgenii ^b   Gluzman, Semyon ^c  

^a STONY BROOK UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b INSTITUTE OF HYDROBIOLOGY   (Ukraine)

^c Ukrainian Psychiatric Association   (Ukraine)

Author keywords

Children; Disaster; Epidemiology; Neuropsychology; School performance

Indexed keywords

ACADEMIC ACHIEVEMENT; ARTICLE; ATTENTION; CHILD; COGNITION; COMPARATIVE STUDY; CONTROLLED STUDY; DISASTER; FEAR; HUMAN; INTELLIGENCE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MEMORY; MENTAL PERFORMANCE; NEUROPSYCHOLOGY; NUCLEAR POWER PLANT; RADIATION EXPOSURE; STRESS;

ACCIDENTS, RADIATION; ACHIEVEMENT; ANXIETY; ATTENTION; CHILD; COGNITION DISORDERS; FEMALE; HUMANS; INTELLIGENCE; MALE; MEMORY; NEUROPSYCHOLOGICAL TESTS; SEVERITY OF ILLNESS INDEX; STRESS DISORDERS, POST-TRAUMATIC; UKRAINE;

EID: 0034094037     PISSN: 00219630     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1017/S0021963099005417     Document Type: Article

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