Violence towards workers in hospital emergency services and in emergency medical care units in Samsun: An epidemiological study

Ulusal Travma ve Acil Cerrahi Dergisi

Volumn 14, Issue 3, 2008, Pages 239-244

  Canbaz, Sevgi ^a   Dündar, Cihad ^a   Dabak, Şennur ^a   Sünter, Ahmet Tevfik ^a   Pekşen, Yildiz ^a   Çetinoǧlu, Erhan Çetin ^a  

^a ONDOKUZ MAYIS UNIVERSITY   (Turkey)

Author keywords

Emergency service workers; State trait anxiety inventory; Verbal behavior; Violence; Violence statistics numerical data

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; EMERGENCY HEALTH SERVICE; QUESTIONNAIRE; RESCUE PERSONNEL; STATE TRAIT ANXIETY INVENTORY; TURKEY (BIRD); WORKPLACE VIOLENCE;

ADULT; ANXIETY; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; EMERGENCY SERVICE, HOSPITAL; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MULTIVARIATE ANALYSIS; PERSONNEL, HOSPITAL; QUESTIONNAIRES; SEX DISTRIBUTION; TURKEY; VIOLENCE; WORKPLACE;

EID: 45249087487     PISSN: 1306696X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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