Fatal and nonfatal injuries related to violence in Washington workplaces, 1992

American Journal of Industrial Medicine

Volumn 30, Issue 4, 1996, Pages 438-446

  Nelson, Nancy A ^a,b   Kaufman, Joel D ^a  

^a WASHINGTON STATE DEPARTMENT OF LABOR AND INDUSTRIES   (United States)

^b WA Dept of Labor and Industries   (United States)

Author keywords

assaults; occupational injuries; violent injuries; workplace violence

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; ASSAULT; FATALITY; HUMAN; INJURY; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; OCCUPATIONAL DISEASE; UNITED STATES; VIOLENCE; WORKPLACE;

EID: 0029794361     PISSN: 02713586     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/(SICI)1097-0274(199610)30:4<438::AID-AJIM9>3.0.CO;2-R     Document Type: Article

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