Social, psychological, and behavioral responses to a nuclear detonation in a US City: Implications for health care planning and delivery

Disaster Medicine and Public Health Preparedness

Volumn 5, Issue SUPPL. 1, 2011, Pages

  Dodgen, Daniel ^a   Norwood, Ann E ^b   Becker, Steven M ^c   Perez, Jon T ^d   Hansen, Cynthia K ^a  

^a U S DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF PITTSBURGH MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF ALABAMA AT BIRMINGHAM   (United States)

^d US Department of Health and Human Services   (United States)

Author keywords

Behavioral health; Disaster mental health; Emergency medical response; Mass casualty; Nuclear detonation; Nuclear terrorism; Posttraumatic stress disorder

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; ATOMIC BOMB; BEHAVIORAL MEDICINE; CITY; CROWDING; DISASTER; EMERGENCY HEALTH SERVICE; FEAR; HEALTH CARE DELIVERY; HEALTH CARE PLANNING; HUMAN; MASS DISASTER; MENTAL HEALTH SERVICE; NUCLEAR ACCIDENT; ORGANIZATION AND MANAGEMENT; PALLIATIVE THERAPY; PROFESSIONAL STANDARD; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; RADIOACTIVE WASTE; SOCIAL STATUS; TERRORISM; UNITED STATES;

BEHAVIORAL MEDICINE; CITIES; DELIVERY OF HEALTH CARE; DISASTERS; FEAR; HEALTH PLANNING; HUMANS; MASS BEHAVIOR; MASS CASUALTY INCIDENTS; MENTAL HEALTH SERVICES; NUCLEAR WEAPONS; PALLIATIVE CARE; PROFESSIONAL ROLE; RADIOACTIVE FALLOUT; RADIOACTIVE HAZARD RELEASE; SOCIAL CONDITIONS; TERRORISM; TRIAGE; UNITED STATES;

EID: 79953010891     PISSN: 19357893     EISSN: 1938744X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1001/dmp.2011.12     Document Type: Article

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