Work related violence and threats and the risk of depression and stress disorders

Journal of Epidemiology and Community Health

Volumn 60, Issue 9, 2006, Pages 771-775

  Wieclaw, Joanna ^a   Agerbo, Esben ^b   Mortensen, Preben Bo ^b   Burr, Hermann ^c   Tüchsen, Finn ^c   Bonde, Jens Peter ^a  

^a AARHUS UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Denmark)

^b AARHUS UNIVERSITY   (Denmark)

^c NATIONAL RESEARCH CENTRE FOR THE WORKING ENVIRONMENT   (Denmark)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

HEALTH AND SAFETY; MENTAL HEALTH; OCCUPATIONAL EXPOSURE; VIOLENCE; WORKING CONDITIONS;

ACUTE STRESS DISORDER; ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DATA BASE; DEMOGRAPHY; DEPRESSION; FEMALE; HOSPITAL PATIENT; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MEDICAL ASSESSMENT; MEDICAL RESEARCH; MOOD DISORDER; OCCUPATIONAL EXPOSURE; OUTPATIENT; PREVALENCE; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; RISK FACTOR; STATISTICAL ANALYSIS; THREAT; VIOLENCE; WORLD HEALTH ORGANIZATION;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; AGGRESSION; CASE-CONTROL STUDIES; DENMARK; DEPRESSIVE DISORDER; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; OCCUPATIONAL DISEASES; OCCUPATIONAL EXPOSURE; OCCUPATIONAL HEALTH; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; RISK FACTORS; STRESS DISORDERS, TRAUMATIC; VIOLENCE; WORK;

DENMARK; EURASIA; EUROPE; NORTHERN EUROPE; SCANDINAVIA;

EID: 33748049440     PISSN: 0143005X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1136/jech.2005.042986     Document Type: Article

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