Exposure to and fear of terror as predictors of self-rated health among apparently healthy employees

British Journal of Health Psychology

Volumn 13, Issue 2, 2008, Pages 257-271

  Shirom, Arie ^a   Toker, Sharon ^a   Shapira, Itzhak ^b   Berliner, Shlomo ^a   Melamed, Samuel ^a  

^a TEL AVIV UNIVERSITY   (Israel)

^b TEL AVIV SOURASKY MEDICAL CENTER   (Israel)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; EMPLOYEE; FEAR; FEMALE; HEALTH BEHAVIOR; HEALTH STATUS; HUMAN; ISRAEL; MALE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUESTIONNAIRE; SELF CONCEPT; TERRORISM;

ADULT; FEAR; FEMALE; HEALTH STATUS; HUMANS; MALE; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; QUESTIONNAIRES; TERRORISM;

EID: 44349174905     PISSN: 1359107X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1348/135910707X180747     Document Type: Article

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