Workplace violence: An overview for practicing clinicians

Psychiatric Annals

Volumn 36, Issue 11, 2006, Pages 790-797

  Schouten, Ronald ^a,b,c  

^a HARVARD MEDICAL SCHOOL   (United States)

^b MASSACHUSETTS GENERAL HOSPITAL   (United States)

^c WAC 812 ^*  (United States)

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EID: 33845654388     PISSN: 00485713     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3928/00485713-20061101-06     Document Type: Review

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