Police job strain during routine activities and a major event

Occupational Medicine

Volumn 61, Issue 6, 2011, Pages 395-399

  Garbarino, S ^a,b   Magnavita, N ^a,c   Elovainio, M ^d,e   Heponiemi, T ^d   Ciprani, F ^a   Cuomo, G ^a   Bergamaschi, A ^c  

^a MINISTRY OF THE INTERIOR   (Italy)

^b UNIVERSITY OF GENOA   (Italy)

^c CATHOLIC UNIVERSITY   (Italy)

^d NATIONAL PUBLIC HEALTH INSTITUTE   (Finland)

^e UNIVERSITY COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Effort reward imbalance model; G8 meeting; Job strain model; Law enforcement; Occupational stress; Perceived stress; Police; Public safety; Routine work; Stressful event

Indexed keywords

EID: 80052917026     PISSN: 09627480     EISSN: 14718405     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/occmed/kqr058     Document Type: Article

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