Stress and coping in male and female health care providers during the Persian Gulf War: The USNS Comfort hospital ship

Military Medicine

Volumn 164, Issue 3, 1999, Pages 166-173

  Slusarcick, Anita L ^a   Ursano, Robert J ^a   Fullerton, Carol S ^a   Dinneen, Michael P ^b  

^a UNIFORMED SERVICES UNIVERSITY OF THE HEALTH SCIENCES   (United States)

^b WALTER REED ARMY MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; COPING BEHAVIOR; DEATH; DISASTER; FEAR; FEMALE; HOSPITAL PERSONNEL; HUMAN; JOB PERFORMANCE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MILITARY MEDICINE; OCCUPATIONAL EXPOSURE; SHIP; STRESS; WAR;

EID: 0345580641     PISSN: 00264075     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/milmed/164.3.166     Document Type: Article

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