Two-year follow up study of stress-related disorders among immigrants to Israel from the Chernobyl area.
Title: Two-year follow up study of stress-related disorders among immigrants to Israel from the Chernobyl area.
Author: J Cwikel, A Abdelgani, J R Goldsmith, M Quastel, and I I Yevelson
Reference: Environ Health Perspect. 1997 December; 105(Suppl 6): 1545–1550.
Keywords: stress disorders, immigrants (from Chernobyl-affected areas), Israel
Abstract: [We report on findings from a 2-year follow-up study of immigrants originating from exposed areas around the site of the 1986 Chernobyl accident matched with comparison subjects emigrating from other republics in the Confederation of Independent States. In the initial study of 708 immigrants, the samples were matched by age, gender, and year of immigration. We assessed two exposure groups–high and low–by estimating levels of ground cesium contamination from the International Atomic Energy Agency maps. We reinterviewed 520 immigrants from the first wave of data collection (a reinterview rate of 73%), 87 from high-exposure areas, 217 from low-exposure areas, and 216 comparison subjects. This study examined the prevalence of symptoms of posttraumatic stress disorders (PTSD), depression, somatization, anxiety, and physical effects (high blood pressure, acute symptoms, and chronic illness)…]
URL:http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC1469946/
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