Radiography
Volume 14, Issue 2 , Pages 138-143 , May 2008

Occupational stress and its predictors in radiographers

  • D.R. Rutter

      Affiliations

    • Centre for Research in Health Behaviour, Department of Psychology, University of Kent, Keynes College, Canterbury CT2 7NP, UK
    • Corresponding Author InformationCorresponding author. Tel.: +44 01227 827573.
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  • M.J. Lovegrove

      Affiliations

    • Department of Allied Health Professions, London South Bank University, London SE1 0AA, UK

Received 29 November 2005 ,Accepted 29 September 2006.

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doi: 10.1016/j.radi.2006.09.008

Radiography
Volume 14, Issue 2 , Pages 138-143 , May 2008