Stressful but rewarding: Norwegian personnel mobilised for the 2004 tsunami disaster

Disasters

Volumn 33, Issue 3, 2009, Pages 353-368

  Thoresen, Siri ^a   Tønnessen, Arnfinn ^a   Lindgaard, Camilla Vibe ^a   Andreassen, Anne Lie ^a   Weisæth, Lars ^a  

^a Norwegian Centre for Violence and Traumatic Stress Studies   (Norway)

Author keywords

Disasters; Occupational health; Post traumatic stress; Psychological stress; Relief work

Indexed keywords

DISASTER MANAGEMENT; DISASTER RELIEF; OCCUPATIONAL EXPOSURE; PSYCHOLOGY; TSUNAMI EVENT;

ADULT; ARTICLE; FEMALE; HEALTH CARE PERSONNEL; HUMAN; INDONESIA; MALE; MENTAL STRESS; MIDDLE AGED; NORWAY; OCCUPATIONAL HEALTH; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; QUESTIONNAIRE; RELIEF WORK; TSUNAMI;

ADULT; FEMALE; HEALTH PERSONNEL; HUMANS; INDONESIA; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NORWAY; OCCUPATIONAL HEALTH; QUESTIONNAIRES; RELIEF WORK; STRESS, PSYCHOLOGICAL; TIDAL WAVES;

EID: 67049116257     PISSN: 03613666     EISSN: 14677717     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1467-7717.2008.01078.x     Document Type: Article

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