Stress in the Norwegian police service

Occupational Medicine

Volumn 55, Issue 2, 2005, Pages 113-120

  Berg, Anne Marie ^a   Hem, Erlend ^a   Lau, Bjørn ^b   Håseth, Kjell ^a   Ekeberg, Øivind ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF OSLO   (Norway)

^b NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF OCCUPATIONAL HEALTH   (Norway)

Author keywords

Coping; Norway; Police; Stress

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; CHARACTER; COMPARATIVE STUDY; CONTROLLED STUDY; COPING BEHAVIOR; CORRELATION FUNCTION; DEMOGRAPHY; FEMALE; FREQUENCY ANALYSIS; HEALTH SURVEY; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MENTAL STRESS; NORWAY; OCCUPATIONAL ACCIDENT; OCCUPATIONAL HEALTH; ORGANIZATION; PERSONALITY; POLICE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUESTIONNAIRE; RATING SCALE; SEX DIFFERENCE; SOCIAL SUPPORT;

ADAPTATION, PSYCHOLOGICAL; ADULT; FEMALE; HEALTH SURVEYS; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NORWAY; OCCUPATIONAL DISEASES; POLICE; PSYCHOMETRICS; RISK FACTORS; STRESS, PSYCHOLOGICAL;

EID: 15944417447     PISSN: 09627480     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/occmed/kqi023     Document Type: Article

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