Levels of mental health problems among UK emergency ambulance workers

Emergency Medicine Journal

Volumn 21, Issue 2, 2004, Pages 235-236

  Bennett, Paul ^a,d,e   Williams, Y ^b   Page, N ^c   Hood, K ^c   Woollard, M ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PLYMOUTH   (United Kingdom)

^b WELSH AMBULANCE SERVICES NHS TRUST   (United Kingdom)

^c CARDIFF UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

^d UNIVERSITY OF THE WEST OF ENGLAND   (United Kingdom)

^e UNIVERSITY OF EXETER   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AMBULANCE; ANXIETY DISORDER; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DEPRESSION; DISEASE CLASSIFICATION; EMERGENCY HEALTH SERVICE; FEMALE; HEALTH CARE PERSONNEL; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MENTAL DISEASE; POSTTRAUMATIC STRESS DISORDER; PREVALENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUESTIONNAIRE; RATING SCALE; SCORING SYSTEM; UNITED KINGDOM;

ADULT; ALLIED HEALTH PERSONNEL; AMBULANCES; ANXIETY DISORDERS; DEPRESSIVE DISORDER; EMERGENCY MEDICAL SERVICES; FEMALE; GREAT BRITAIN; HUMANS; MALE; OCCUPATIONAL DISEASES; PREVALENCE; SEX DISTRIBUTION; STRESS DISORDERS, POST-TRAUMATIC;

EID: 1542605343     PISSN: 14720205     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1136/emj.2003.005645     Document Type: Article

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