Post-disaster physical symptoms of firefighters and police officers: Role of types of exposure and post-traumatic stress symptoms

British Journal of Health Psychology

Volumn 13, Issue 2, 2008, Pages 327-342

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

^a VU UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (Netherlands)

^b ERASMUS MEDICAL CENTER   (Netherlands)

^c KLM Health Services   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AIRCRAFT ACCIDENT; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DISASTER; FEMALE; FIRE FIGHTER; HUMAN; MALE; NETHERLANDS; OCCUPATIONAL EXPOSURE; POLICE; POSTTRAUMATIC STRESS DISORDER; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUESTIONNAIRE;

ADULT; FEMALE; FIRES; HEALTH STATUS; HUMANS; MALE; OCCUPATIONAL EXPOSURE; PHYSICAL FITNESS; POLICE; QUESTIONNAIRES; RESCUE WORK; STRESS DISORDERS, POST-TRAUMATIC;

EID: 44349090919     PISSN: 1359107X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1348/135910707X198793     Document Type: Article

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