Secondary traumatic stress response in fire fighters in the aftermath of 9/11/2001

Traumatology

Volumn 10, Issue 1, 2004, Pages 7-16

  Beaton, Randal D ^a   Murphy, Shirley ^a   Johnson, L Clark ^a   Nemuth, Marcus ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WASHINGTON   (United States)

^b VA PUGET SOUND HEALTH CARE SYSTEM   (United States)

Author keywords

Acute posttraumatic stress; Fire fighters; Secondary traumatic stress; Terrorism

Indexed keywords

EID: 46249107351     PISSN: 15347656     EISSN: 10859373     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/153476560401000102     Document Type: Article

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