Anxiety, distress and anger among British nationals in Japan following the Fukushima nuclear accident

British Journal of Psychiatry

Volumn 201, Issue 5, 2012, Pages 400-407

  Rubin, G James ^a   Amlôt, Richard ^b   Wessely, Simon ^a   Greenberg, Neil ^a  

^a KING'S COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

^b PUBLIC HEALTH ENGLAND   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

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Indexed keywords

ADULT; ANGER; ANXIETY; ARTICLE; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY; DEMOGRAPHY; DISTRESS SYNDROME; EARTHQUAKE; EMOTION; FEMALE; HUMAN; JAPAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; NUCLEAR ACCIDENT; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; PERCEPTION; RADIATION EXPOSURE; TSUNAMI;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; ANGER; ANXIETY; ATTITUDE TO HEALTH; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; FUKUSHIMA NUCLEAR ACCIDENT; GREAT BRITAIN; HEALTH EDUCATION; HUMANS; INFORMATION DISSEMINATION; JAPAN; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PERCEPTION; STRESS, PSYCHOLOGICAL; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84868320587     PISSN: 00071250     EISSN: 14721465     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1192/bjp.bp.112.111575     Document Type: Article

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