The psychological effect of severe acute respiratory syndrome on emergency department staff

Emergency Medicine Journal

Volumn 24, Issue 1, 2007, Pages 12-17

  Lin, C Y ^a   Peng, Y C ^b   Wu, Y H ^d   Chang, J ^b   Chan, C H ^b   Yang, D Y ^c  

^a Chang Hua Hospital   (Taiwan)

^b TAICHUNG VETERANS GENERAL HOSPITAL   (Taiwan)

^c SHOW CHWAN MEMORIAL HOSPITAL   (Taiwan)

^d FENG YUAN HOSPITAL   (Taiwan)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DISEASE SEVERITY; EMERGENCY CARE; EMERGENCY WARD; EPIDEMIC; FEMALE; HIGH RISK POPULATION; HOSPITAL PERSONNEL; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; OCCUPATIONAL HAZARD; PERSONAL EXPERIENCE; POSTTRAUMATIC STRESS DISORDER; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PSYCHIATRIC DEPARTMENT; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; PSYCHOTRAUMA; QUESTIONNAIRE; RATING SCALE; RISK FACTOR; SEVERE ACUTE RESPIRATORY SYNDROME; STATISTICAL SIGNIFICANCE; TAIWAN;

ADULT; COMMUNICABLE DISEASES, EMERGING; DEVELOPING COUNTRIES; DISEASE OUTBREAKS; EMERGENCY SERVICE, HOSPITAL; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MEDICAL STAFF, HOSPITAL; MIDDLE AGED; PSYCHIATRIC DEPARTMENT, HOSPITAL; SARS VIRUS; SEVERE ACUTE RESPIRATORY SYNDROME; STATISTICS, NONPARAMETRIC; STRESS DISORDERS, POST-TRAUMATIC; STRESS, PSYCHOLOGICAL; TAIWAN;

EID: 33846246771     PISSN: 14720205     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1136/emj.2006.035089     Document Type: Article

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