Relation between policies and work related assault: Minnesota Nurses' Study

Occupational and Environmental Medicine

Volumn 62, Issue 10, 2005, Pages 675-681

  Nachreiner, N M ^a   Gerberich, S G ^a   McGovern, P M ^a   Church, T R ^a   Hansen, H E ^b   Geisser, M S ^a   Ryan, A D ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MINNESOTA   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MINNESOTA   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; ASSAULT; CONFIDENCE INTERVAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; HEALTH CARE POLICY; HEALTH SURVEY; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; MALE; MULTIPLE REGRESSION; NURSE; OCCUPATIONAL HAZARD; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUESTIONNAIRE; SENSITIVITY ANALYSIS; UNITED STATES; VIOLENCE; WORK ENVIRONMENT;

ADULT; AGGRESSION; CASE-CONTROL STUDIES; FEMALE; HEALTH SURVEYS; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MINNESOTA; NURSES; OCCUPATIONAL EXPOSURE; OCCUPATIONAL HEALTH SERVICES; ODDS RATIO; PUBLIC POLICY; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; RISK FACTORS; SECURITY MEASURES; VIOLENCE;

EID: 25444507131     PISSN: 13510711     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1136/oem.2004.014134     Document Type: Article

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