A multilevel analysis of long-term psychological distress among Belarusians affected by the Chernobyl disaster

Public Health

Volumn 122, Issue 11, 2008, Pages 1239-1249

  Beehler, G P ^a   Baker, J A ^a   Falkner, K ^b   Chegerova, T ^c   Pryshchepava, A ^d   Chegerov, V ^c   Zevon, M ^a   Bromet, E ^d   Havenaar, J ^e   Valdismarsdottir, H ^f   Moysich, K B ^a  

^a ROSWELL PARK CANCER INSTITUTE   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY AT BUFFALO   (United States)

^c Belarusian Research Institute of Ecopathology and Professional Diseases   (Belarus)

^d STONY BROOK UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^e UTRECHT UNIVERSITY   (Netherlands)

^f MOUNT SINAI SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

Belarus; Chernobyl nuclear accident; Cross sectional studies; Psychological stress; Radiation accidents

Indexed keywords

CHERNOBYL ACCIDENT; DEMOGRAPHIC SURVEY; HEALTH IMPACT; PSYCHOLOGY; PUBLIC HEALTH; RADIATION EXPOSURE;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ANXIETY; ARTICLE; BELARUS; BRIEF SYMPTOM INVENTORY; CHERNOBYL ACCIDENT; CONTROLLED STUDY; DAILY LIFE ACTIVITY; DEMOGRAPHY; DEPRESSION; DISTRESS SYNDROME; FAMILY; FAMILY LIFE; FEMALE; GEOGRAPHIC DISTRIBUTION; HEALTH SURVEY; HOUSEHOLD; HUMAN; LIFE STRESS; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MENTAL HEALTH; PREDICTION; PSYCHOLOGIC ASSESSMENT; RADIATION EXPOSURE; RADIOACTIVE CONTAMINATION; SOCIAL PSYCHOLOGY; SOMATIZATION;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; BYELARUS; CHERNOBYL NUCLEAR ACCIDENT; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; FEMALE; HUMANS; LEUKEMIA, RADIATION-INDUCED; MALE; MENTAL HEALTH; MIDDLE AGED; POWER PLANTS; PSYCHOLOGY; RADIATION DOSAGE; RADIOACTIVE HAZARD RELEASE; RISK FACTORS; SOCIOECONOMIC FACTORS; STRESS, PSYCHOLOGICAL; TIME FACTORS; UKRAINE; YOUNG ADULT;

BELARUS; EASTERN EUROPE; EURASIA; EUROPE;

EID: 54449084880     PISSN: 00333506     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.puhe.2008.04.017     Document Type: Article

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