Workplace violence prevention programs in hospital emergency departments

Journal of Occupational and Environmental Medicine

Volumn 49, Issue 7, 2007, Pages 756-763

  Peek Asa, Corinne ^a   Casteel, Carri ^b   Allareddy, Veerasathpurush ^a   Nocera, Maryalice ^b   Goldmacher, Suzi ^c,d   Ohagan, Emily ^e   Blando, James ^e   Valiante, David ^e   Gillen, Marion ^d   Harrison, Robert ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF IOWA   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF NORTH CAROLINA   (United States)

^c CALIFORNIA DEPARTMENT OF PUBLIC HEALTH   (United States)

^d UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^e NEW JERSEY DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND SENIOR SERVICES   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANALYTIC METHOD; ARTICLE; COMPARATIVE STUDY; CONTROLLED STUDY; EMERGENCY WARD; HOSPITAL; HUMAN; INFORMATION PROCESSING; INTERVIEW; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; POLICY; PREVENTIVE HEALTH SERVICE; SCORING SYSTEM; TRAINING; UNITED STATES; WORKPLACE VIOLENCE;

CALIFORNIA; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; EMERGENCY SERVICE, HOSPITAL; HUMANS; INTERVIEWS; NEW JERSEY; PROGRAM DEVELOPMENT; VIOLENCE; WORKPLACE;

EID: 34447294271     PISSN: 10762752     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/JOM.0b013e318076b7eb     Document Type: Article

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