Violence and aggression directed toward human service workers: An exploratory study

Families in Society

Volumn 84, Issue 1, 2003, Pages 13-20

  Shields, Glenn ^a   Kiser, Judy ^a  

^a BOWLING GREEN STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

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EID: 0037252404     PISSN: 10443894     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1606/1044-3894.83     Document Type: Article

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