Mental health and disaster related attitudes among Japanese after the 2011 Fukushima nuclear disaster

Journal of Psychiatric Research

Volumn 46, Issue 5, 2012, Pages 688-690

  Palgi, Yuval ^a   Ben Ezra, Menachem ^b   Aviel, Or ^b   Dubiner, Yonit ^b   Baruch, Evelyn ^b   Soffer, Yechiel ^c   Shrira, Amit ^d,e  

^a UNIVERSITY OF HAIFA   (Israel)

^b ARIEL UNIVERSITY   (Israel)

^c BEN GURION UNIVERSITY OF THE NEGEV   (Israel)

^d TEL AVIV UNIVERSITY   (Israel)

^e HEBREW UNIVERSITY OF JERUSALEM   (Israel)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ATTITUDE; ATTITUDE TO DISASTER; CONTROLLED STUDY; EARTHQUAKE; FEAR; FEMALE; GRANDPARENT; HUMAN; IMPACT OF EVENTS SCALE; JAPANESE; LETTER; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MENTAL HEALTH; NUCLEAR ACCIDENT; POSTTRAUMATIC STRESS DISORDER; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUALITY OF LIFE; RADIATION HAZARD; RISK ASSESSMENT; TSUNAMI;

EID: 84859861809     PISSN: 00223956     EISSN: 18791379     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jpsychires.2012.01.028     Document Type: Letter

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