Risk factors for work-related assaults on nurses

Epidemiology

Volumn 16, Issue 5, 2005, Pages 704-709

  Gerberich, Susan Goodwin ^a,b   Church, Timothy R ^a,b   McGovern, Patricia M ^a   Hansen, Helen ^c   Nachreiner, Nancy M ^a   Geisser, Mindy S ^a,b   Ryan, Andrew D ^a,b   Mongin, Steven J ^a,b   Watt, Gavin D ^b   Jurek, Anne ^a  

^a University of Minnesota Regional Injury Prevention Research Center   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MINNESOTA   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF MINNESOTA   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; ASSAULT; CASE CONTROL STUDY; CONTROLLED STUDY; EMERGENCY WARD; ENVIRONMENTAL FACTOR; FEMALE; HEALTH CARE FACILITY; HOMICIDE; HUMAN; INCIDENCE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MOBILE PHONE; NURSE; NURSING HOME; OCCUPATIONAL HAZARD; OCCUPATIONAL HEALTH; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PSYCHIATRIC DEPARTMENT; RISK FACTOR; RISK REDUCTION; VIOLENCE; WORKING TIME;

ADULT; CASE-CONTROL STUDIES; EPIDEMIOLOGIC STUDIES; FEMALE; HUMANS; INCIDENCE; LOGISTIC MODELS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MINNESOTA; NURSES; OCCUPATIONAL EXPOSURE; OCCUPATIONAL HEALTH; RISK FACTORS; VIOLENCE; WORKPLACE;

EID: 24144432203     PISSN: 10443983     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/01.ede.0000164556.14509.a3     Document Type: Article

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