Occupational stress and the outcome of basic military training

Occupational Medicine

Volumn 61, Issue 4, 2011, Pages 253-258

  Jackson, S ^a,b   Agius, R ^b   Bridger, R ^c   Richards, P ^a  

^a Army Recruiting and Training Division ^*  (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MANCHESTER   (United Kingdom)

^c INSTITUTE OF NAVAL MEDICINE   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Military training; Occupational stress; Performance; Psychological health

Indexed keywords

EID: 79957815397     PISSN: 09627480     EISSN: 14718405     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/occmed/kqr036     Document Type: Article

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