Fear of terror and health: A study of apparently healthy employees

International Terrorism and Threats to Security: Managerial and Organizational Challenges

Volumn , Issue , 2008, Pages 126-152

  Shirom, Arie ^a   Toker, Sharon ^a   Berliner, Shlomo ^a   Shapira, Itzhak ^a   Melamed, Samuel ^a  

^a TEL AVIV UNIVERSITY   (Israel)

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EID: 84886130097     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book    
DOI: 10.4337/9781848443815.00014     Document Type: Chapter

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