Mental health status among younger generation around Chernobyl

Archives of Medical Science

Volumn 9, Issue 6, 2013, Pages 1114-1116

  Masunaga, Tomoko ^a   Kozlovsky, Alexander ^b   Lyzikov, Anatoly ^b   Takamura, Noboru ^a   Yamashit, Shunichi ^c  

^a NAGASAKI UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^b GOMEL STATE MEDICAL UNIVERSITY   (Belarus)

^c FUKUSHIMA MEDICAL UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

Chernobyl; Fukushima; General Health Questionnaire 12; Mental health

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ARTICLE; BELARUS; CHERNOBYL ACCIDENT; FEMALE; GENERAL HEALTH QUESTIONNAIRE; GROUPS BY AGE; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; MALE; MEDICAL STUDENT; MENTAL HEALTH; RADIATION EXPOSURE; SELF CONCEPT; SOCIAL STATUS; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84892411110     PISSN: 17341922     EISSN: 18969151     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.5114/aoms.2013.39798     Document Type: Article

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