A matched case-control study of convenience store robbery risk factors

Journal of Occupational and Environmental Medicine

Volumn 41, Issue 11, 1999, Pages 995-1004

  Hendricks, Scott A ^a   Landsittel, Douglas P ^b   Amandus, Harlan E ^b   Malcan, Jay ^b   Bell, Jennifer ^b  

^a NATIONAL INSTITUTE FOR OCCUPATIONAL SAFETY AND HEALTH   (United States)

^b NONE

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARCHITECTURAL BARRIER; ARTICLE; BUILDING; CASE CONTROL STUDY; OCCUPATIONAL HAZARD; OCCUPATIONAL SAFETY; RISK FACTOR; THEFT; UNITED STATES;

ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; CASE-CONTROL STUDIES; COMMERCE; CONFIDENCE INTERVALS; DATA COLLECTION; FEMALE; HUMANS; INCIDENCE; MALE; MULTIVARIATE ANALYSIS; ODDS RATIO; RISK FACTORS; THEFT; WEST VIRGINIA; WOUNDS AND INJURIES;

EID: 0032749514     PISSN: 10762752     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/00043764-199911000-00012     Document Type: Article

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