Annals of Emergency Medicine
Volume 18, Issue 11 , Pages 1157-1161 , November 1989

Factors associated with stress among emergency medicine residents

    PhD
  • Theodore W Whitley

      Affiliations

    • Department of Emergency Medicine, East Carolina University School of Medicine, Greenville, North Carolina, USA
    • Corresponding Author InformationAddress for reprints: Theodore W Whitley, PhD, Department of Emergency Medicine, East Carolina School of Medicine, Brody 4W54, Greenville, NC 27858-4354.
    • , PhD
  • Michael E Gallery

      Affiliations

    • American College of Emergency Physicians, Dallas, Texas, USA
    • , MD/MPH, FACEP
  • E Jackson Allison Jr

      Affiliations

    • Department of Emergency Medicine, East Carolina University School of Medicine, Greenville, North Carolina, USA
    • , PhD
  • Dennis A Revicki

      Affiliations

    • Battelle Human Affairs Research Centers, Washington, DC, USA

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 Supported in part by the American College of Emergency Physicians.

 Presented at the Second International Conference on Emergency Medicine, Brisbane, Queensland, Australia, October 1988.

PII: S0196-0644(89)80051-4

Annals of Emergency Medicine
Volume 18, Issue 11 , Pages 1157-1161 , November 1989

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