Chernobyl disaster sequelae in recent immigrants to the United States from the former soviet union (FSU)

Journal of Immigrant and Minority Health

Volumn 9, Issue 2, 2007, Pages 115-124

  Foster, Rose Marie Perez ^a   Goldstein, Marjorie F ^b  

^a NEW YORK UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b NATIONAL DEVELOPMENT AND RESEARCH INSTITUTES   (United States)

Author keywords

Chernobyl sequelae; FSU immigrants; Nuclear trauma

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CHERNOBYL ACCIDENT; DEMOGRAPHY; DEPRESSION; DISTRESS SYNDROME; FEMALE; HUMAN; IMMIGRANT; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MENTAL HEALTH; NUCLEAR ACCIDENT; POSTTRAUMATIC STRESS DISORDER; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RADIATION EXPOSURE; RADIOACTIVE CONTAMINATION; SELF REPORT; SOCIAL ADAPTATION; SOCIAL BELIEF; UNITED STATES;

ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; CHERNOBYL NUCLEAR ACCIDENT; EMIGRATION AND IMMIGRATION; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MENTAL HEALTH; MIDDLE AGED; UNITED STATES; USSR;

EID: 33846107162     PISSN: 15571912     EISSN: 15571920     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10903-006-9024-8     Document Type: Article

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