Incidence of non-fatal workplace assault injuries determined from employer's reports in California

Journal of Occupational and Environmental Medicine

Volumn 39, Issue 1, 1997, Pages 44-50

  Peek Asa, Corinne ^a,d   Howard, John ^b   Vargas, Lilia ^c   Kraus, Jess F ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^b Department of Industrial Relations ^*  (United States)

^c California Div Labor Stat and Res   (United States)

^d UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ASSAULT; CRIMINAL BEHAVIOR; GENDER; REVIEW; UNITED STATES; VIOLENCE; WEAPON; WORKPLACE;

ABSENTEEISM; CALIFORNIA; CHI-SQUARE DISTRIBUTION; CONFIDENCE INTERVALS; FEMALE; HUMANS; INCIDENCE; MALE; OCCUPATIONAL DISEASES; VIOLENCE; WOUNDS AND INJURIES;

EID: 0031028828     PISSN: 10762752     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/00043764-199701000-00009     Document Type: Review

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