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Work-Family Fit: The Impact of Emergency Medical Services Work on the Family System

Sheila Gillespie Roth Department of Social Work, Carlow University, Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania
, PhD &
Crystal Dea Moore Department of Sociology, Anthropology, and Social Work, Skidmore College, Saratoga Springs, New York
, PhD
Pages 462-468 | Received 06 Oct 2008, Accepted 23 Mar 2009, Published online: 09 Sep 2009

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