Occupational stress and alcohol use: A study of two nationwide samples of operational police and ambulance personnel in Norway

Journal of Studies on Alcohol and Drugs

Volumn 68, Issue 6, 2007, Pages 896-904

  Sterud, Tom ^a   Hem, Erlend ^a   Ekeberg, Øivind ^a   Lau, Bjørn ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF OSLO   (Norway)

^b NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF OCCUPATIONAL HEALTH   (Norway)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ALCOHOL CONSUMPTION; ARTICLE; BURNOUT; CONTROLLED STUDY; COPING BEHAVIOR; DEPERSONALIZATION; FEMALE; HEALTH CARE PERSONNEL; HEALTH SERVICE; HUMAN; JOB STRESS; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; NEUROSIS; POLICE; PREVALENCE; RISK FACTOR; SCORING SYSTEM; STRUCTURED QUESTIONNAIRE;

EID: 36349019697     PISSN: 19371888     EISSN: 19384114     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.15288/jsad.2007.68.896     Document Type: Article

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