Violence toward health care workers in emergency departments in west Turkey

Journal of Emergency Medicine

Volumn 28, Issue 3, 2005, Pages 361-365

  Ayranci, Unal ^a  

^a ESKISEHIR OSMANGAZI UNIVERSITY   (Turkey)

Author keywords

Emergency department; Emergency staff; Frequency; Turkey; Violence

Indexed keywords

ABUSE; ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGGRESSION; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DATA ANALYSIS; EMERGENCY WARD; FEMALE; FRACTURE; HEALTH CARE PERSONNEL; HUMAN; LACERATION; MALE; NURSE; PHYSICIAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RELATIVE; SEXUAL ABUSE; STATISTICAL ANALYSIS; THREAT; TURKEY (REPUBLIC); VIOLENCE; WORKING TIME;

EID: 14944353792     PISSN: 07364679     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jemermed.2004.11.018     Document Type: Article

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