Alexithymia and its association with burnout, depression and family support among Greek nursing staff

Human Resources for Health

Volumn 7, Issue , 2009, Pages

  Bratis, Dionisios ^a   Tselebis, Athanasios ^a   Sikaras, Christos ^a   Moulou, Aikaterini ^a   Giotakis, Konstantinos ^a   Zoumakis, Emmanuel ^b   Ilias, Ioannis ^c  

^a SOTIRIA GENERAL HOSPITAL   (Greece)

^b UNIVERSITY OF ATHENS MEDICAL SCHOOL   (Greece)

^c HELENA VENIZELOU HOSPITAL   (Greece)

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EID: 69249200619     PISSN: None     EISSN: 14784491     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1186/1478-4491-7-72     Document Type: Article

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