Prevalence of assault and perception of risk of assault in urban public service employment settings

International Journal of Occupational and Environmental Health

Volumn 6, Issue 1, 2000, Pages 9-17

  Riopelle, Deborah D ^a   Bourque, Linda B ^a   Robbins, Maggie ^b   Shoaf, Kimberley I ^a   Kraus, Jess ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^b Services Employees International Union   (United States)

Author keywords

Assaults; Perceptions of workplace safety; Threats; Urban employment settings; Workplace violence

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; ASSAULT; EMPLOYMENT; FEMALE; HIGH RISK POPULATION; HUMAN; MALE; OCCUPATIONAL SAFETY; PREVALENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RISK ASSESSMENT; THREAT; URBAN AREA;

EID: 0033951960     PISSN: 10773525     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1179/oeh.2000.6.1.9     Document Type: Article

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