Citation
Verschuur, M. J. (2009, October 15). Effects of the medical investigation Bijlmermeer aviation disaster on health perception of residents and rescue workers. Retrieved from https://hdl.handle.net/1887/14053
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Effects of the Medical Investigation Bijlmermeer Aviation Disaster on health perception of residents and rescue workers
Margot J. Verschuur
ISBN: 978-90-814722-1-0 Illustratie omslag: Breuk, 2009
Denise Holtkamp, www.artox.nl
Printing: 4allprints, www.4allprints.nl
© 2009, Margot J. Verschuur
Effects of the Medical Investigation Bijlmermeer Aviation Disaster on health perception of residents and rescue workers
Proefschrift ter verkrijging van
de graad van Doctor aan de Universiteit Leiden,
op gezag van de Rector Magnificus Prof. Mr. P.F. van der Heijden, volgens besluit van het College voor Promoties
te verdedigen op donderdag 15 oktober 2009 klokke 15.00 uur
door
Margot Jeannette Verschuur geboren te Venlo in 1956
Promotiecommissie
Promotoren Prof. Dr. Ph. Spinhoven Prof. Dr. F.R. Rosendaal
Overige leden Mevr. Dr. B.M. Elzinga Prof. Dr. A.M. van Hemert Dr. C.J. IJzermans, NIVEL
Contents
Chapter 1 General introduction 7
Chapter 2 Offering a medical examination following disaster exposure 19 does not result in long-lasting reassurance about health
complaints
Chapter 3 Participation in a trauma-focused epidemiological investigation 39 may result in sensitization for current health problems
Chapter 4 Making a bad thing worse: Effects of communication of results 59 of an epidemiological study after an aviation disaster
Chapter 5 Factors predictive of changes in perception of current health 81 problems following a trauma-focused study
Chapter 6 Differences in changes in perception of health problems 105 between western and non-western participants in a
trauma-focused study
Chapter 7 Summary and General discussion 127
Samenvatting 143
Dankwoord 147
Curriculum Vitae 149
