Public Health
Volume 121, Issue 5 , Pages 367-374 , May 2007

A longitudinal comparative study of the physical and mental health problems of affected residents of the firework disaster Enschede, The Netherlands

  • L. Grievink

      Affiliations

    • Centre for Environmental Health Research, National Institute for Public Health and the Environment (RIVM), P.O. Box 1, 3720 BA Bilthoven, The Netherlands
    • Corresponding Author InformationCorresponding author. Tel.: +31302744533; fax: +31302744451.
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  • P.G. van der Velden

      Affiliations

    • Institute for Psychotrauma, Zaltbommel, The Netherlands
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  • R.K. Stellato

      Affiliations

    • Centre for Environmental Health Research, National Institute for Public Health and the Environment (RIVM), P.O. Box 1, 3720 BA Bilthoven, The Netherlands
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  • A. Dusseldorp

      Affiliations

    • Centre for Inspectorate Research, Emergency Response and Drinkwater, RIVM, Bilthoven, The Netherlands
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  • B.P.R. Gersons

      Affiliations

    • Department of Psychiatry, Academic Medical Center, University of Amsterdam, Amsterdam, The Netherlands
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  • R.J. Kleber

      Affiliations

    • Department of Clinical Psychology, Utrecht University, Utrecht, The Netherlands
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  • E. Lebret

      Affiliations

    • Centre for Environmental Health Research, National Institute for Public Health and the Environment (RIVM), P.O. Box 1, 3720 BA Bilthoven, The Netherlands

Received 7 March 2005 ,Revised 22 August 2006 ,Accepted 28 September 2006.

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doi: 10.1016/j.puhe.2006.09.025

Public Health
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