Psychological Impact of Nuclear Disasters in Children and Adolescents

Child and Adolescent Psychiatric Clinics of North America

Volumn 24, Issue 4, 2015, Pages 811-822

  Latif, Finza ^a   Yeatermeyer, Jessica ^a   Horne, Zachary D ^b   Beriwal, Sushil ^b  

^a GEORGE WASHINGTON UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE AND HEALTH SCIENCES   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF PITTSBURGH CANCER INSTITUTE   (United States)

Author keywords

Children; Nuclear disasters; Psychological impact; Radiation exposure; Safety systems

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ANXIETY DISORDER; ATTENTION DEFICIT DISORDER; BEHAVIOR DISORDER; CANCER RISK; CHILD; COGNITIVE DEFECT; CONGENITAL MALFORMATION; DEPRESSION; HEALTH HAZARD; HEALTH IMPACT ASSESSMENT; HUMAN; INTELLECTUAL IMPAIRMENT; NUCLEAR ACCIDENT; POSTTRAUMATIC STRESS DISORDER; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; PSYCHOSOCIAL CARE; RADIATION EXPOSURE; REVIEW; THYROID CANCER; ADOLESCENT HEALTH; ADVERSE EFFECTS; CHILD HEALTH; DISASTER; MENTAL DISORDERS;

ADOLESCENT; ADOLESCENT HEALTH; CHILD; CHILD HEALTH; DISASTERS; HUMANS; MENTAL DISORDERS; RADIATION EXPOSURE; RADIOACTIVE HAZARD RELEASE;

EID: 84940901147     PISSN: 10564993     EISSN: 15580490     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.chc.2015.06.009     Document Type: Review

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