Physical and mental health shortly after a disaster: First results from the Enschede firework disaster study

European Journal of Public Health

Volumn 16, Issue 3, 2006, Pages 252-258

  Van Kamp, Irene ^a,f   Van Der Velden, Peter G ^b   Stellato, Rebecca K ^a   Roorda, Jan ^c   Van Loon, Jeanne ^a   Kleber, Rolf J ^d   Gersons, Bertold B R ^e   Lebret, Erik ^a  

^a NATIONAL INSTITUTE FOR PUBLIC HEALTH AND THE ENVIRONMENT   (Netherlands)

^b Institute for Psychotrauma   (Netherlands)

^c Twente Regional Health Authority (GGD Regio Twente)   (Netherlands)

^d UTRECHT UNIVERSITY   (Netherlands)

^e UNIVERSITY OF AMSTERDAM   (Netherlands)

^f NONE   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Disaster; Fireworks; Physical and mental health; Trauma

Indexed keywords

EXPLOSIVE;

ADULT; AGED; ANXIETY DISORDER; DEPRESSION; DISASTER; EXPERIENCE; EXPLOSION; FEMALE; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; NETHERLANDS; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; PHYSICAL DISEASE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PSYCHOTRAUMA; QUESTIONNAIRE; RESCUE PERSONNEL; REVIEW; SCORING SYSTEM; SELF REPORT; SLEEP DISORDER; SYMPTOM; ADOLESCENT; AGE; ARTICLE; COMPARATIVE STUDY; CONFIDENCE INTERVAL; HEALTH STATUS; INFORMATION PROCESSING; MENTAL DISEASE; MENTAL HEALTH; MIDDLE AGED; POSTTRAUMATIC STRESS DISORDER; PREVALENCE; REFERENCE VALUE; SEX DIFFERENCE; SOCIOECONOMICS; STATISTICAL ANALYSIS;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGE FACTORS; AGED; CONFIDENCE INTERVALS; DATA COLLECTION; DATA INTERPRETATION, STATISTICAL; DISASTERS; EXPLOSIONS; FEMALE; HEALTH STATUS; HUMANS; MALE; MENTAL DISORDERS; MENTAL HEALTH; MIDDLE AGED; NETHERLANDS; PREVALENCE; QUESTIONNAIRES; REFERENCE VALUES; RESCUE WORK; SEX FACTORS; SLEEP DISORDERS; SOCIOECONOMIC FACTORS; STRESS DISORDERS, POST-TRAUMATIC;

EID: 33745712895     PISSN: 11011262     EISSN: 1464360X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/eurpub/cki188     Document Type: Review

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