Staffing and worker injury in nursing homes

American Journal of Public Health

Volumn 95, Issue 7, 2005, Pages 1220-1225

  Trinkoff, Alison M ^a   Johantgen, Meg ^a   Muntaner, Carles ^b,c   Le, Rong ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MARYLAND SCHOOL OF NURSING   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF TORONTO   (Canada)

^c Institute of Work and Health   (Canada)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; FINANCIAL MANAGEMENT; HEALTH CARE DELIVERY; HEALTH SURVEY; HUMAN; JOB PERFORMANCE; MEDICARE; NURSING HOME; NURSING STAFF; OCCUPATIONAL ACCIDENT; OCCUPATIONAL HEALTH; PERSONNEL MANAGEMENT; POLICY; UNITED STATES; WORK SCHEDULE; WORKMAN COMPENSATION;

DATA COLLECTION; HUMANS; MEDICAL STAFF; NURSING HOMES; OCCUPATIONAL DISEASES; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; UNITED STATES; WOUNDS AND INJURIES;

EID: 21144436298     PISSN: 00900036     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2105/AJPH.2004.045070     Document Type: Article

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