Radiophobia: Long-Term Psychological Consequences of Chernobyl
| Autor: | Ross H. Pastel |
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| Rok vydání: | 2002 |
| Předmět: |
Radiophobia
medicine.medical_specialty business.industry Public Health Environmental and Occupational Health General Medicine medicine.disease Liquidator Radiation exposure Mood disturbances Fibromyalgia Primary health Joint pain medicine Chronic fatigue syndrome medicine.symptom business Psychiatry |
| Zdroj: | Military Medicine. 167:134-136 |
| ISSN: | 1930-613X 0026-4075 |
| Popis: | The primary health effect of Chernobyl has been widespread psychological distress in liquidators (workers brought in for cleanup), evacuees, residents of contaminated areas, and residents of adjacent noncontaminated areas. Several psychoneurological syndromes characterized by multiple unexplained physical symptoms including fatigue, sleep and mood disturbances, impaired memory and concentration, and muscle and/or joint pain have been reported in the Russian literature. These syndromes, which resemble chronic fatigue syndrome and fibromyalgia, are probably not due to direct effects of radiation because they do not appear to be dose related to radiation exposure and because they occur in areas of both high and low contamination. |
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