Persistent distress after psychological exposure to the Nagasaki atomic bomb explosion

British Journal of Psychiatry

Volumn 199, Issue 5, 2011, Pages 411-416

  Kim, Yoshiharu ^a   Tsutsumi, Atsuro ^a   Izutsu, Takashi ^a   Kawamura, Noriyuki ^b   Miyazaki, Takao ^c   Kikkawa, Takehiko ^d  

^a NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF MENTAL HEALTH   (Japan)

^b Gaien Mental Clinic   (Japan)

^c NIIGATA SEIRYO UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^d CHUBU GAKUIN UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ANXIETY; ARTICLE; ATOMIC BOMB; CONTROLLED STUDY; DISTRESS SYNDROME; FEMALE; GENERAL HEALTH QUESTIONNAIRE; HEALTH STATUS; HUMAN; LIFE EVENT; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MENTAL DISEASE; MENTAL HEALTH; NUCLEAR ACCIDENT; PERCEPTION; PSYCHOLOGIC ASSESSMENT; RADIATION EXPOSURE; RADIATION HAZARD; RADIOACTIVITY; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; SEX DIFFERENCE;

AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; ANXIETY; ATTITUDE; CHRONIC DISEASE; FEMALE; HEALTH STATUS; HUMANS; JAPAN; MALE; NUCLEAR WARFARE; NUCLEAR WEAPONS; RADIOACTIVE POLLUTANTS; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; STRESS, PSYCHOLOGICAL; SUBURBAN POPULATION; SURVIVORS; WORLD WAR II;

EID: 80655134662     PISSN: 00071250     EISSN: 14721465     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1192/bjp.bp.110.085472     Document Type: Article

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