Work-related stress in an emergency medical dispatch center

Annals of Emergency Medicine

Volumn 41, Issue 4, 2003, Pages 500-506

  Weibel, Laurence ^a   Gabrion, Isabelle ^a   Aussedat, Michel ^b   Kreutz, Gerard ^a  

^a INSTITUT NATIONAL DE RECHERCHE ET DE SÉCURITÉ   (France)

^b Bon Secours Hospital   (France)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

HYDROCORTISONE;

ADULT; ARTICLE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; EMERGENCY MEDICINE; EMOTIONAL STRESS; FEMALE; HEALTH CARE PERSONNEL; HORMONE RELEASE; HUMAN; HYDROCORTISONE RELEASE; ILLUMINATION; JOB PERFORMANCE; JOB SATISFACTION; MALE; MENTAL STRESS; NOISE; PARAMEDICAL PERSONNEL; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SALIVA ANALYSIS; STRESS; WORK ENVIRONMENT; WORKLOAD;

EID: 0037381816     PISSN: 01960644     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1067/mem.2003.109     Document Type: Article

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