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Psychological studies of children affected by the Chernobyl accident made during their stay in Cuba

Abstract

This study evaluates the psychological, medical and social effects of the Chernobyl accident on children who live in the Chernobyl area. 404 children were studied in the age group of 11 to 17 years who spent the holidays in Cuba. The special objective of the study was to estimate in the light of the accident their personal characteristics, their mental health and their psychosocial adaptation. Different psychological tests were performed and the data were evaluated and compared with similar research carried out by other research groups. 12 refs.
Authors:
Lorenzo Ruiz, A; Perez Lovelle, R; Perez Ibarruri, B; Vasileva Anguelova, M; Becquer Gordon, L; [1]  Amargos Gonzalez, G [2] 
  1. Hospital Pediatrico Tarara, La Habana (Cuba)
  2. Hospital Psiquiatrico de La Habana, La Habana (Cuba)
Publication Date:
Sep 01, 1997
Product Type:
Conference
Report Number:
IAEA-TECDOC-964(v.1); CONF-960404-
Reference Number:
SCA: 220502; 290600; PA: AIX-28:073818; EDB-97:144044; SN: 97001879249
Resource Relation:
Conference: International conference on one decade after Chernobyl: summing up the radiological consequences of the accident, Vienna (Austria), 8-12 Apr 1996; Other Information: PBD: Sep 1997; Related Information: Is Part Of One decade after Chernobyl: Summing up the consequences of the accident. Poster presentations; PB: 364 p.
Subject:
22 NUCLEAR REACTOR TECHNOLOGY; 29 ENERGY PLANNING AND POLICY; ATTITUDES; CHERNOBYLSK-4 REACTOR; CHILDREN; RUSSIAN FEDERATION; BEHAVIOR; CUBA; MITIGATION; PUBLIC ANXIETY
OSTI ID:
548126
Research Organizations:
European Commission (CEC), Brussels (Belgium); International Atomic Energy Agency, Vienna (Austria); World Health Organization, Geneva (Switzerland)
Country of Origin:
IAEA
Language:
Spanish
Other Identifying Numbers:
Journal ID: ISSN 1011-4289; Other: ON: DE98604688; TRN: XA9745510073818
Availability:
INIS; OSTI as DE98604688
Submitting Site:
INIS
Size:
pp. 356-364
Announcement Date:
Dec 11, 1997

Citation Formats

Lorenzo Ruiz, A, Perez Lovelle, R, Perez Ibarruri, B, Vasileva Anguelova, M, Becquer Gordon, L, and Amargos Gonzalez, G. Psychological studies of children affected by the Chernobyl accident made during their stay in Cuba. IAEA: N. p., 1997. Web.
Lorenzo Ruiz, A, Perez Lovelle, R, Perez Ibarruri, B, Vasileva Anguelova, M, Becquer Gordon, L, & Amargos Gonzalez, G. Psychological studies of children affected by the Chernobyl accident made during their stay in Cuba. IAEA.
Lorenzo Ruiz, A, Perez Lovelle, R, Perez Ibarruri, B, Vasileva Anguelova, M, Becquer Gordon, L, and Amargos Gonzalez, G. 1997. "Psychological studies of children affected by the Chernobyl accident made during their stay in Cuba." IAEA.
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title = {Psychological studies of children affected by the Chernobyl accident made during their stay in Cuba}
author = {Lorenzo Ruiz, A, Perez Lovelle, R, Perez Ibarruri, B, Vasileva Anguelova, M, Becquer Gordon, L, and Amargos Gonzalez, G}
abstractNote = {This study evaluates the psychological, medical and social effects of the Chernobyl accident on children who live in the Chernobyl area. 404 children were studied in the age group of 11 to 17 years who spent the holidays in Cuba. The special objective of the study was to estimate in the light of the accident their personal characteristics, their mental health and their psychosocial adaptation. Different psychological tests were performed and the data were evaluated and compared with similar research carried out by other research groups. 12 refs.}
place = {IAEA}
year = {1997}
month = {Sep}
}