Stress and resilience in South African firefighters [2]

South African Medical Journal

Volumn 93, Issue 4, 2003, Pages 236-238

  Seedat, Soraya ^a   La Grange, Hugo ^a   Niehaus, Dana ^a   Stein, Dan J ^a  

^a STELLENBOSCH UNIVERSITY   (South Africa)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ALCOHOLISM; CAREER; COGNITION; ENVIRONMENTAL FACTOR; EXPERIENCE; FEMALE; FIRE FIGHTER; HEREDITY; HUMAN; INTERVIEW; LETTER; MALE; NEUROENDOCRINE SYSTEM; PERSONALITY; POSTTRAUMATIC STRESS DISORDER; PSYCHOLOGIC ASSESSMENT; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; RESCUE PERSONNEL; RISK FACTOR; SOCIAL SUPPORT; SOUTH AFRICA; SYMPTOMATOLOGY; TRAFFIC ACCIDENT;

ADAPTATION, PSYCHOLOGICAL; ADULT; BURNOUT, PROFESSIONAL; FEMALE; FIRES; HUMANS; MALE; OCCUPATIONAL HEALTH; RESCUE WORK; RISK FACTORS; SOCIAL SUPPORT; SOUTH AFRICA; STRESS DISORDERS, POST-TRAUMATIC;

EID: 0038287995     PISSN: 02569574     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Letter

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