The long-term mental health impacts of the chernobyl accident

Mental Health and Disasters

Volumn , Issue , 2009, Pages 441-453

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

^a STONY BROOK UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b VU UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (Netherlands)

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EID: 79953696074     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book    
DOI: 10.1017/CBO9780511730030.026     Document Type: Chapter

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