Personal and environmental predictors of posttraumatic stress in emergency management professionals

Psychological Trauma: Theory, Research, Practice, and Policy

Volumn 3, Issue 1, 2011, Pages 8-15

  LaFauci Schutt, Jean M ^a   Marotta, Sylvia A ^a  

^a GEORGE WASHINGTON UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

emergency management; posttraumatic stress; repeated exposure

Indexed keywords

EID: 79953896070     PISSN: 19429681     EISSN: 1942969X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1037/a0020588     Document Type: Article

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