Mental health implications of fire service membership

Traumatology

Volumn 16, Issue 2, 2010, Pages 26-32

  Wagner, Shannon L ^a   McFee, Juanita A ^a   Martin, Crystal A ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NORTHERN BRITISH COLUMBIA   (Canada)

Author keywords

Critical incident stress; Firefighters; Mental health; Neuroticism; Personality; Posttraumatic stress disorder; Traumatic exposure

Indexed keywords

EID: 77954025355     PISSN: 15347656     EISSN: 10859373     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/1534765610362803     Document Type: Article

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