Assessment of a prevention program for work-related stress among urban police officers

International Archives of Occupational and Environmental Health

Volumn 86, Issue 1, 2013, Pages 79-88

  Arnetz, Bengt B ^a   Arble, Eamonn ^a   Backman, Lena ^b   Lynch, Adam ^a   Lublin, Ake ^c  

^a WAYNE STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b Stockholm Centre of Public Health   (Sweden)

^c Department of Orthopaedic Rehabilitation   (Sweden)

Author keywords

Critical incident; First responder; GHQ; Psychosomatic; Resiliency

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; HUMAN; MENTAL STRESS; METHODOLOGY; OCCUPATIONAL DISEASE; POLICE; PRIMARY PREVENTION; URBAN POPULATION;

HUMANS; OCCUPATIONAL DISEASES; POLICE; PRIMARY PREVENTION; STRESS, PSYCHOLOGICAL; URBAN POPULATION;

EID: 84872360698     PISSN: 03400131     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00420-012-0748-6     Document Type: Article

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