Firefighter preferences regarding post-incident intervention

Work and Stress

Volumn 22, Issue 4, 2008, Pages 314-326

  Jeannette, James M ^a   Scoboria, Alan ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WINDSOR   (Canada)

Author keywords

Critical Incident Stress Debriefing; Firefighter; Post incident intervention; Preference; PTSD; Work related stress

Indexed keywords

EID: 57649245554     PISSN: 02678373     EISSN: 14645335     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/02678370802564231     Document Type: Article

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