Shift-work and suicide ideation among police officers

American Journal of Industrial Medicine

Volumn 51, Issue 10, 2008, Pages 758-768

  Violanti, John M ^a   Charles, Luenda E ^b   Hartley, Tara A ^b   Mnatsakanova, Anna ^b   Andrew, Michael E ^b   Fekedulegn, Desta ^b   Vila, Bryan ^c   Burchfiel, Cecil M ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY AT BUFFALO   (United States)

^b NATIONAL INSTITUTE FOR OCCUPATIONAL SAFETY AND HEALTH   (United States)

^c WASHINGTON STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Depression; Police; PTSD; Shift work; Suicide ideation

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; ARTICLE; CLINICAL EVALUATION; CONFIDENCE INTERVAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; DEPRESSION; FEMALE; HIGH RISK PATIENT; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; POISSON DISTRIBUTION; POLICE; POSTTRAUMATIC STRESS DISORDER; PREVALENCE; SEX DIFFERENCE; SHIFT WORKER; SUICIDAL IDEATION;

ADULT; AGE FACTORS; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; DEPRESSIVE DISORDER; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; OCCUPATIONAL DISEASES; POLICE; SOCIOECONOMIC FACTORS; STRESS DISORDERS, POST-TRAUMATIC; STRESS, PSYCHOLOGICAL; SUICIDE; WORK SCHEDULE TOLERANCE;

EID: 51849158802     PISSN: 02713586     EISSN: 10970274     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/ajim.20629     Document Type: Article

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