Organizational health and quality of life: Survey among ambulance nurses in prehospital emergency care

Medicina del Lavoro

Volumn 102, Issue 6, 2011, Pages 511-522

  Sili, A ^a   Fida, Roberta ^b   Vellone, E ^a   Gianlorenzi, Alessandra ^c   Alvaro, Rosaria ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ROME TOR VERGATA   (Italy)

^b SAPIENZA UNIVERSITY OF ROME   (Italy)

^c TOR VERGATA UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Italy)

Author keywords

Ambulance nurses; Organizational health; Quality of life

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AMBULANCE; ARTICLE; EMERGENCY HEALTH SERVICE; FEMALE; HEALTH SURVEY; HUMAN; ITALY; MALE; MANPOWER; MIDDLE AGED; NURSE; OCCUPATIONAL DISEASE; ORGANIZATION AND MANAGEMENT; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; PSYCHOSOMATIC DISORDER; QUALITY OF LIFE; QUESTIONNAIRE; RISK FACTOR; STATISTICS; WORKPLACE;

ADULT; AMBULANCES; EMERGENCY MEDICAL SERVICES; FEMALE; HEALTH SURVEYS; HUMANS; ITALY; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NURSES; OCCUPATIONAL DISEASES; PSYCHOPHYSIOLOGIC DISORDERS; QUALITY OF LIFE; QUESTIONNAIRES; RISK FACTORS; WORKPLACE;

EID: 84856664482     PISSN: 00257818     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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