Personnel exposure to violence in hospital emergency wards: A routine activity approach

Aggressive Behavior

Volumn 34, Issue 1, 2008, Pages 88-103

  Landau, Simha F ^a   Bendalak, Yehudit ^a  

^a HEBREW UNIVERSITY OF JERUSALEM   (Israel)

Author keywords

Emergency wards; Hospitals; Routine activity theory; Violence; Workplace

Indexed keywords

ADAPTIVE BEHAVIOR; ADULT; AGE DISTRIBUTION; ARTICLE; CLASSIFICATION; EMERGENCY HEALTH SERVICE; EPIDEMIOLOGY; ETHNIC GROUP; FEMALE; GENERAL HOSPITAL; HOSPITAL PERSONNEL; HUMAN; ISRAEL; MALE; OCCUPATIONAL EXPOSURE; PREVALENCE; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; SEX RATIO; STATISTICS; VIOLENCE;

ADAPTATION, PSYCHOLOGICAL; ADULT; AGE DISTRIBUTION; EMERGENCY SERVICE, HOSPITAL; ETHNIC GROUPS; FEMALE; HEALTH CARE SURVEYS; HOSPITALS, GENERAL; HUMANS; ISRAEL; MALE; OCCUPATIONAL EXPOSURE; PERSONNEL, HOSPITAL; PREVALENCE; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; SEX DISTRIBUTION; VIOLENCE;

EID: 38049115475     PISSN: 0096140X     EISSN: 10982337     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/ab.20214     Document Type: Article

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