Differences in assault rates among direct care workers

Journal of Occupational Health and Safety - Australia and New Zealand

Volumn 19, Issue 3, 2003, Pages 225-233

  Ore, Timothy ^a  

^a OCSC Planning Research/Evaluation   (Australia)

Author keywords

Client action; Disability services workers; Stress; Violence; Workers compensation

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGE; AGED; ARTICLE; ASSAULT; AUSTRALIA; CONTROLLED STUDY; DATA ANALYSIS; EMPLOYMENT; FEMALE; GOVERNMENT; HEALTH CARE PERSONNEL; HEALTH SURVEY; HUMAN; INJURY; MALE; MULTIVARIATE LOGISTIC REGRESSION ANALYSIS; OCCUPATIONAL HAZARD; PHYSICAL DISABILITY; RISK ASSESSMENT; SEX DIFFERENCE; STATISTICAL MODEL; WORKMAN COMPENSATION;

EID: 0038727649     PISSN: 08156409     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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