Government approaches to reducing workplace violence

Clinics in Occupational and Environmental Medicine

Volumn 3, Issue 4, 2003, Pages 721-732

  Howard, John ^a   Barish, Robert C ^b  

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

^b Research and Standards Development Unit   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANTHRAX; ARTICLE; ASSAULT; BIOLOGICAL WARFARE; DISASTER; GOVERNMENT; HUMAN; INCIDENCE; LAW; LAW ENFORCEMENT; MANAGEMENT; PUBLIC HEALTH; VIOLENCE; WORKPLACE;

EID: 0346777324     PISSN: 15260046     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S1526-0046(03)00114-6     Document Type: Review

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