Weekly and daily variations in patient-staff incidents in psychiatric acute wards

Nordic Journal of Psychiatry

Volumn 53, Issue 4, 1999, Pages 293-295

  Morken, Gunnar ^a   Linaker, Olav M ^a   Langsrud, Knut ^a  

^a NORWEGIAN UNIVERSITY OF SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY   (Norway)

Author keywords

Aggression; Psychiatric department; Psychiatry; Violence

Indexed keywords

AGGRESSION; ARTICLE; HUMAN; MENTAL HOSPITAL; MENTAL PATIENT; NORWAY; OCCUPATIONAL HEALTH; OCCUPATIONAL SAFETY; VIOLENCE; WORK ENVIRONMENT;

EID: 0032870964     PISSN: 08039488     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/080394899427106     Document Type: Article

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