Secondary Traumatization and Related Psychological Outcomes in FirefightersFootnote

¹This paper has been presented as a poster in the 30th ECNP Congress, 2017, Paris, France, and published in the supplementary: Bastug G., Ergul Topcu A., Ergun O.F., Ozel-Kizil E.T., “Secondary Traumatisation and Some Related Outcomes in Firefighters,” 30th ECNP Congress, 02–05 September 2017, Paris, France. European Neuropsychopharmacology.

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