Psychological and perceived health effects of the chernobyl disaster: A 20-year review

Health Physics

Volumn 93, Issue 5, 2007, Pages 516-521

  Bromet, Evelyn J ^a   Havenaar, Johan M ^b  

^a STONY BROOK UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF AMSTERDAM   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Accidents, nuclear; Chernobyl; Health effects; National Council on Radiation Protection and Measurements

Indexed keywords

ANXIETY DISORDER; ATOMIC BOMB; BRAIN; CHERNOBYL ACCIDENT; COGNITIVE DEFECT; COHORT ANALYSIS; COMPARATIVE STUDY; DEPRESSION; DISEASE SEVERITY; EMOTION; HEALTH EDUCATION; HIGH RISK POPULATION; HUMAN; INTERVENTION STUDY; MENTAL DISEASE; MENTAL HEALTH; MORBIDITY; MORTALITY; PHYSICAL DISEASE; POSTTRAUMATIC STRESS DISORDER; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PSYCHOLOGY; RADIATION EXPOSURE; REVIEW; RISK; SOCIAL PSYCHOLOGY; SUICIDE; SYMPTOM; SYMPTOMATOLOGY; UTERUS; WORLD HEALTH ORGANIZATION;

BRAIN; CHERNOBYL NUCLEAR ACCIDENT; COGNITION DISORDERS; HUMANS; MENTAL DISORDERS; MENTAL HEALTH; MORBIDITY; OCCUPATIONAL EXPOSURE; PERCEPTION; STRESS, PSYCHOLOGICAL;

EID: 37349039688     PISSN: 00179078     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/01.HP.0000279635.14108.02     Document Type: Review

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