Use of health care and drugs by police officers 8.5. years after the air disaster in Amsterdam

European Journal of Public Health

Volumn 18, Issue 1, 2008, Pages 92-94

  Slottje, Pauline ^a   Smidt, Nynke ^a,b   Twisk, Jos W R ^a   Huizink, Anja C ^a,c   Witteveen, Anke B ^a   Van Mechelen, Willem ^a   Smid, Tjabe ^a,d  

^a VU UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (Netherlands)

^b UNIVERSITY OF AMSTERDAM   (Netherlands)

^c ERASMUS MEDICAL CENTER   (Netherlands)

^d KLM Health Services   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Disasters; Medical care utilization; Police; Rescue workers

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; HEALTH CARE; HEALTH CARE UTILIZATION; HEALTH SERVICE; HEALTH STATUS; HUMAN; NETHERLANDS; POLICE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SUBSTANCE ABUSE;

ACCIDENTS, AVIATION; ATTITUDE TO HEALTH; FEMALE; HAZARDOUS SUBSTANCES; HEALTH SERVICES; HUMANS; LOGISTIC MODELS; MALE; NETHERLANDS; OCCUPATIONAL DISEASES; OCCUPATIONAL EXPOSURE; POLICE; PSYCHOTROPIC DRUGS; RESCUE WORK; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; SLEEP DISORDERS; STRESS, PSYCHOLOGICAL;

EID: 38549100776     PISSN: 11011262     EISSN: 1464360X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/eurpub/ckm078     Document Type: Article

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