Annals of Emergency Medicine
Volume 18, Issue 11 , Pages 1151-1156 , November 1989

A follow-up report of occupational stress in urban EMT-paramedics

    MD
  • Rita K Cydulka

      Affiliations

    • Section of Emergency Medicine, Department of Medicine, Northwestern Memorial Hospital, Northwestern University Medical School, Chicago, Illinois, USA
    • Corresponding Author InformationAddress for reprints: Rita Cydulka, MD, FACEP, Department of Emergency Medicine, Cleveland Metropolitan General Hospital, 3395 Scranton Road, Cleveland, Ohio 44109.
    • , MD
  • John Lyons

      Affiliations

    • Section of Emergency Medicine, Department of Medicine, Northwestern Memorial Hospital, Northwestern University Medical School, Chicago, Illinois, USA
    • , RN, MS
  • Annie Moy

      Affiliations

    • Section of Emergency Medicine, Department of Medicine, Northwestern Memorial Hospital, Northwestern University Medical School, Chicago, Illinois, USA
    • , RN
  • Kathleen Shay

      Affiliations

    • Section of Emergency Medicine, Department of Medicine, Northwestern Memorial Hospital, Northwestern University Medical School, Chicago, Illinois, USA
    • , MD
  • J Hammer

      Affiliations

    • Section of Emergency Medicine, Department of Medicine, Northwestern Memorial Hospital, Northwestern University Medical School, Chicago, Illinois, USA
    • , MD, FACEP
  • James Mathews

      Affiliations

    • Department of Emergency Medicine, Cleveland Metropolitan General Hospital, Cleveland, Ohio, USA

Received 4 November 1988 ,Revised 26 June 1989 ,Accepted 10 July 1989.

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Annals of Emergency Medicine
Volume 18, Issue 11 , Pages 1151-1156 , November 1989

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