Violence toward mental health staff and safety in the work environment

Occupational Medicine

Volumn 55, Issue 6, 2005, Pages 480-486

  Privitera, Michael ^a   Weisman, Robert ^a   Cerulli, Catherine ^a   Tu, Xin ^a   Groman, Adrienne ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ROCHESTER MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

Psychiatric setting; Work experience; Workplace violence

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; ASSAULT; CONTROLLED STUDY; EXPERIENCE; FEMALE; HEALTH CARE PERSONNEL; HEALTH SURVEY; HUMAN; MALE; MEDICAL EDUCATION; MENTAL HEALTH CENTER; OCCUPATIONAL EXPOSURE; PHYSICIAN; POISSON DISTRIBUTION; PREVALENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SAFETY; SEX DIFFERENCE; THREAT; VIOLENCE; WORK ENVIRONMENT; WORKPLACE;

ADULT; AGED; ATTITUDE OF HEALTH PERSONNEL; FEMALE; GREAT BRITAIN; HEALTH PERSONNEL; HOSPITALS, PSYCHIATRIC; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; OCCUPATIONAL EXPOSURE; OCCUPATIONAL HEALTH; PREVALENCE; QUESTIONNAIRES; SAFETY; VIOLENCE; WORKPLACE;

EID: 24944504540     PISSN: 09627480     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/occmed/kqi110     Document Type: Article

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