Mental health of trauma-exposed firefighters and critical incident stress debriefing

Journal of Loss and Trauma

Volumn 7, Issue 3, 2002, Pages 223-238

  Harris, Morag B ^a   Baloǧlu, Mustafa ^a   Stacks, James R ^a  

^a TEXAS A AND M UNIVERSITY COMMERCE   (United States)

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EID: 0036660039     PISSN: 15325024     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/10811440290057639     Document Type: Article

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