Employee and customer injury during violent crimes in retail and service businesses

American Journal of Public Health

Volumn 96, Issue 10, 2006, Pages 1867-1872

  Peek Asa, Corinne ^a   Casteel, Carri ^b   Kraus, Jess F ^c   Whitten, Paul ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF IOWA   (United States)

^b IL   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ALCOHOL;

ARTICLE; CATERING SERVICE; COMMERCIAL PHENOMENA; COMPARATIVE STUDY; CRIME; EMPLOYEE; HUMAN; INCIDENCE; INJURY; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; OCCUPATIONAL ACCIDENT; POLICE; RISK ASSESSMENT; RISK FACTOR; UNITED STATES; VIOLENCE;

CRIME; HUMANS; LOS ANGELES; OCCUPATIONAL DISEASES; OCCUPATIONAL HEALTH; RISK ASSESSMENT; THEFT; UNITED STATES; VIOLENCE; WORKPLACE; WOUNDS AND INJURIES;

EID: 33749370787     PISSN: 00900036     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2105/AJPH.2005.071365     Document Type: Article

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