The impact of exposure to war stress on hospital staff: A preliminary report

Journal of Psychiatric Research

Volumn 42, Issue 5, 2008, Pages 422-423

  Ben Ezra, Menachem ^a   Palgi, Yuval ^a   Essar, Nir ^b  

^a TEL AVIV UNIVERSITY   (Israel)

^b UNIVERSITY OF DERBY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; COMPARATIVE STUDY; ENVIRONMENTAL EXPOSURE; FEMALE; HOSPITAL PERSONNEL; HUMAN; HYPOTHESIS; IMPACT OF EVENTS SCALE; LETTER; MALE; NORMAL HUMAN; NURSE; PHYSICIAN; POSTTRAUMATIC STRESS DISORDER; PREVALENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PSYCHOTRAUMA; RISK REDUCTION; STRESS; SYMPTOM; WAR STRESS;

ADULT; AGE FACTORS; FEMALE; FORENSIC PSYCHIATRY; HUMANS; IDENTIFICATION (PSYCHOLOGY); ISRAEL; LEBANON; LIFE CHANGE EVENTS; MALE; MARITAL STATUS; MEDICAL STAFF, HOSPITAL; MIDDLE AGED; MODELS, PSYCHOLOGICAL; NURSING STAFF, HOSPITAL; PHYSICIAN'S ROLE; PREVALENCE; PROFESSIONAL-PATIENT RELATIONS; QUESTIONNAIRES; SEX FACTORS; STRESS DISORDERS, POST-TRAUMATIC; WAR;

EID: 39149087357     PISSN: 00223956     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jpsychires.2007.02.004     Document Type: Letter

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