Societal cost of workplace homicides in the United States, 1992-2001

American Journal of Industrial Medicine

Volumn 47, Issue 6, 2005, Pages 518-527

  Hartley, Daniel ^a   Biddle, Elyce A ^a   Jenkins, E Lynn ^a  

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

Author keywords

Evaluation research; Intervention research; NIOSH; Societal costs; Workplace homicide; Workplace violence

Indexed keywords

ACCIDENT PREVENTION; ARTICLE; COST OF ILLNESS; HEALTH CARE COST; HOMICIDE; INCOME; INDUSTRY; OCCUPATIONAL SAFETY; POLICY; PRODUCTIVITY; SOCIAL ASPECT; SOCIOECONOMICS; UNITED STATES; WORKPLACE;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; COST OF ILLNESS; FEMALE; HEALTH SURVEYS; HOMICIDE; HUMANS; INDUSTRY; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MODELS, ECONOMETRIC; NATIONAL INSTITUTE FOR OCCUPATIONAL SAFETY AND HEALTH; OCCUPATIONAL HEALTH; UNITED STATES; VALUE OF LIFE; WORKPLACE;

EID: 20444387998     PISSN: 02713586     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/ajim.20171     Document Type: Article

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