Occupational violence in aged care

Safety Science

Volumn 25, Issue 1-3, 1997, Pages 231-236

  Newhouse, Tanya ^a  

^a Port Adelaide Central Mission Inc   (Australia)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ACCIDENT PREVENTION; GERIATRICS; HEALTH CARE;

OCCUPATIONAL VIOLENCE;

OCCUPATIONAL RISKS;

AGED; CAREGIVER; CONFERENCE PAPER; GERIATRIC CARE; MEDICAL STAFF; PREVALENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; STAFF TRAINING; VIOLENCE;

EID: 0031080760     PISSN: 09257535     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0925-7535(97)00015-5     Document Type: Conference Paper

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