Management of acute traumatic stress in nuclear and radiological emergencies

Health Physics

Volumn 98, Issue 6, 2010, Pages 795-798

  Vazquez, Marina ^a   Jordan, Osvaldo ^a   Kuper, Enrique ^b   Hernandez, Daniel ^a   Galmarini, Martin ^c   Ferraro, Augusto ^c  

^a Nuclear Regulatory Authority   (Argentina)

^b Neurobiological and Traumatic Bio psycho medical Center   (Argentina)

^c Ministry of Security and Justice   (Argentina)

Author keywords

Emergencies; Emergency planning; Health effects; Radiological; World Health Organization

Indexed keywords

CIVIL DEFENSE; CONFERENCE PAPER; DISASTER; DISASTER PLANNING; EMERGENCY; HUMAN; IONIZING RADIATION; MENTAL HEALTH SERVICE; METHODOLOGY; NUCLEAR ACCIDENT; ORGANIZATION AND MANAGEMENT; POSTTRAUMATIC STRESS DISORDER; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; RADIATION INJURY; RELIEF WORK; RESCUE WORK;

CIVIL DEFENSE; DISASTER PLANNING; DISASTERS; EMERGENCIES; HUMANS; MENTAL HEALTH SERVICES; RADIATION INJURIES; RADIATION, IONIZING; RADIOACTIVE HAZARD RELEASE; RELIEF WORK; RESCUE WORK; STRESS DISORDERS, POST-TRAUMATIC; STRESS DISORDERS, TRAUMATIC;

EID: 77951987163     PISSN: 00179078     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/HP.0b013e3181bbc742     Document Type: Conference Paper

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