Associations between disaster exposures, peritraumatic distress, and posttraumatic stress responses in Fukushima nuclear plant workers following the 2011 nuclear accident: The Fukushima NEWS project study

PLoS ONE

Volumn 9, Issue 2, 2014, Pages

  Shigemura, Jun ^a   Tanigawa, Takeshi ^b   Nishi, Daisuke ^c   Matsuoka, Yutaka ^c,d   Nomura, Soichiro ^a   Yoshino, Aihide ^a  

^a NATIONAL DEFENSE MEDICAL COLLEGE   (Japan)

^b EHIME UNIVERSITY GRADUATE SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (Japan)

^c NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF MENTAL HEALTH   (Japan)

^d NATIONAL HOSPITAL ORGANIZATION DISASTER MEDICAL CENTER   (Japan)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; DISTRESS SYNDROME; ENVIRONMENTAL EXPOSURE; FEMALE; FUKUSHIMA NUCLEAR ACCIDENT; GENDER; GRIEF; HUMAN; INDUSTRIAL WORKER; MALE; NUCLEAR POWER PLANT; PERITRAUMATIC DISTRESS; PERSONAL EXPERIENCE; POSTTRAUMATIC STRESS DISORDER; RADIATION EXPOSURE; RISK FACTOR; SOCIAL DISCRIMINATION; TSUNAMI; DISASTER; ETIOLOGY; MENTAL STRESS; MIDDLE AGED; OCCUPATIONAL EXPOSURE; QUESTIONNAIRE; STRESS DISORDERS, POST-TRAUMATIC; YOUNG ADULT;

ADULT; AGED; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; DISASTERS; FEMALE; FUKUSHIMA NUCLEAR ACCIDENT; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; OCCUPATIONAL EXPOSURE; QUESTIONNAIRES; STRESS DISORDERS, POST-TRAUMATIC; STRESS, PSYCHOLOGICAL; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84896136880     PISSN: None     EISSN: 19326203     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0087516     Document Type: Article

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