Routine occupational stress and psychological distress in police

Policing

Volumn 25, Issue 2, 2002, Pages 421-441

  Liberman, Akiva M ^a   Best, Suzanne R ^b   Metzler, Thomas J ^b   Fagan, Jeffrey A ^c   Weiss, Daniel S ^d   Marmar, Charles R ^d  

^a NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF JUSTICE   (United States)

^b SAN FRANCISCO VETERANS AFFAIRS MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^c Och Spine at New York Presbyterian Hospitals   (United States)

^d UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

Police; Stress; USA; Work study

Indexed keywords

EID: 3242656462     PISSN: 1363951X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1108/13639510210429446     Document Type: Article

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