@article{ref1,
title="The Three Mile Island Incident: A Study of Behavioral Indicators of Human Stress",
journal="International journal of mass emergencies and disasters",
year="1984",
author="Mileti, Dennis S. and Hartsough, DM and Madson, P and Hufnagel, R",
volume="2",
number="1",
pages="89-113",
abstract="This work sought to specify stress levels induced in the local population around Three Mile Island from the accident in 1979. Unobtrusive behavioral indicators of stress for the population as a whole were compared before, during, and after the accident. The conclusions reached were that: (1) the Three Mile Island incident did produce stress in people; (2) the stresses detected through the indicators used in this study were short-lived, not severe enough to manifest themselves in dramatic indicators like psychiatric admissions or suicide; (3) stress was obviously reflected in indicators of mild stress like alcohol consumption; and (4) stress detected was well within the limits of stress that occurs annually in that local population from stress inducing events like the occurrence of a major holiday. The conclusions of this study are best interpreted in concert with findings from studies using obtrusive indicators of stress and with studies on special local sub-populations.<p />",
language="",
issn="0280-7270",
doi="",
url="http://dx.doi.org/"
}