Incidence and recurrent work-related violence towards healthcare workers and subsequent health effects. A one-year follow-up study

Scandinavian Journal of Public Health

Volumn 36, Issue 7, 2008, Pages 706-712

  Hogh, Annie ^a   Sharipova, Muborak ^a   Borg, Vilhelm ^a  

^a National Research Centre for the Work Environment   (Denmark)

Author keywords

health; health care workers; incidence; prospective study; stress; students; threats; threats of violence; violence; Work related violence

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; FOLLOW UP; HEALTH CARE PERSONNEL; HEALTH STATUS; HUMAN; INCIDENCE; OCCUPATIONAL EXPOSURE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUESTIONNAIRE; THREAT; WORKPLACE VIOLENCE;

ADAPTATION, PSYCHOLOGICAL; ADULT; COHORT STUDIES; DENMARK; FEMALE; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; HEALTH PERSONNEL; HUMANS; INCIDENCE; LONGITUDINAL STUDIES; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NURSES' AIDES; OCCUPATIONAL EXPOSURE; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; QUESTIONNAIRES; RECURRENCE; STRESS, PSYCHOLOGICAL; VIOLENCE; WORKPLACE;

EID: 49849102442     PISSN: 14034948     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/1403494808096181     Document Type: Article

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