Ecological model of occupational stress: Application to urban firefighters

AAOHN Journal

Volumn 48, Issue 10, 2000, Pages 470-479

  Salazar, Mary K ^a   Beaton, Randal ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WASHINGTON   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BEHAVIOR; BURNOUT; CONFLICT; ECOLOGY; FIRE; HEALTH; HUMAN; MODEL; OCCUPATIONAL HEALTH NURSING; ORGANIZATION; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; REVIEW; RISK FACTOR; SOCIAL ENVIRONMENT; SYSTEM ANALYSIS; WORK; WORKLOAD; WORKPLACE;

BURNOUT, PROFESSIONAL; CONFLICT (PSYCHOLOGY); ECOLOGY; FIRES; HUMAN; JOB DESCRIPTION; MODELS, PSYCHOLOGICAL; OCCUPATIONAL HEALTH NURSING; ORGANIZATIONAL CULTURE; POWER (PSYCHOLOGY); RISK FACTORS; SOCIAL ENVIRONMENT; SUPPORT, NON-U.S. GOV'T; SUPPORT, U.S. GOV'T, P.H.S.; SYSTEMS THEORY; URBAN HEALTH; WORKLOAD; WORKPLACE;

EID: 0034305088     PISSN: 08910162     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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