An epidemiological study of work-related violence experienced by Physicians who graduated from a Medical School in Japan

Journal of Occupational Health

Volumn 50, Issue 4, 2008, Pages 357-361

  Arimatsu, Mayuri ^a   Wada, Koji ^b   Yoshikawa, Toru ^c   Oda, Susumu ^d   Taniguchi, Hatsumi ^d   Aizawa, Yoshiharu ^b   Higashi, Toshiaki ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF OCCUPATIONAL AND ENVIRONMENTAL HEALTH   (Japan)

^b KITASATO UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^c INSTITUTE FOR SCIENCE OF LABOUR   (Japan)

^d UNIVERSITY OF OCCUPATIONAL AND ENVIRONMENTAL HEALTH   (Japan)

Author keywords

Emergency; Physicians; Psychiatry; Violence

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; FEMALE; HUMAN; JAPAN; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; OCCUPATIONAL EXPOSURE; PHYSICIAN; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; QUESTIONNAIRE; STATISTICAL MODEL; VIOLENCE;

ADULT; FEMALE; HUMANS; JAPAN; LOGISTIC MODELS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; OCCUPATIONAL EXPOSURE; PHYSICIANS; QUESTIONNAIRES; VIOLENCE;

EID: 54449089331     PISSN: 13419145     EISSN: 13489585     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1539/joh.L7142     Document Type: Article

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