The relationship between burnout, PTSD symptoms and injuries in firefighters

Occupational Medicine

Volumn 66, Issue 1, 2016, Pages 32-37

  Katsavouni, F ^a   Bebetsos, E ^a   Malliou, P ^a   Beneka, A ^a  

^a DEMOCRITUS UNIVERSITY OF THRACE   (Greece)

Author keywords

Burnout; Firefighters; PTSD; Work related injuries (WRIs)

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ADVERSE EFFECTS; BURNOUT; DEPRESSION; EMOTION; FEMALE; FIRE; FIRE FIGHTER; HUMAN; JOB SATISFACTION; MALE; MENTAL FATIGUE; MENTAL STRESS; MIDDLE AGED; OCCUPATIONAL DISEASES; OCCUPATIONAL EXPOSURE; PSYCHOLOGY; QUESTIONNAIRE; SOCIAL BEHAVIOR; STATISTICAL MODEL; STRESS DISORDERS, POST-TRAUMATIC; WORK; WOUNDS AND INJURIES; YOUNG ADULT;

ADULT; BURNOUT, PROFESSIONAL; DEPRESSION; EMOTIONS; FEMALE; FIREFIGHTERS; FIRES; HUMANS; JOB SATISFACTION; LOGISTIC MODELS; MALE; MENTAL FATIGUE; MIDDLE AGED; OCCUPATIONAL DISEASES; OCCUPATIONAL EXPOSURE; SOCIAL RESPONSIBILITY; STRESS DISORDERS, POST-TRAUMATIC; STRESS, PSYCHOLOGICAL; SURVEYS AND QUESTIONNAIRES; WORK; WOUNDS AND INJURIES; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84954565905     PISSN: 09627480     EISSN: 14718405     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/occmed/kqv144     Document Type: Article

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