Exposure to duty-related incident stressors in urban firefighters and paramedics

Journal of Traumatic Stress

Volumn 11, Issue 4, 1998, Pages 821-828

  Beaten, Randal ^a,b   Murphy, Shirley ^a   Johnson, Clark ^a   Pike, Ken ^a   Corneil, Wayne ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WASHINGTON   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF OTTAWA   (Canada)

Author keywords

Duty related traumata; Emergency workers; Incident stressors; Posttraumatic stress

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; DISEASE SEVERITY; DYING; EXPOSURE; FIRE FIGHTER; HIGH RISK POPULATION; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MENTAL STRESS; POSTTRAUMATIC STRESS DISORDER; RATING SCALE; URBAN AREA; VICTIM;

EID: 0031673220     PISSN: 08949867     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1023/a:1024461920456     Document Type: Article

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