Aggression towards health care workers in Spain: A multi-facility study to evaluate the distribution of growing violence among professionals, health facilities and departments

International Journal of Occupational and Environmental Health

Volumn 15, Issue 1, 2009, Pages 29-35

  Gascón, Santiago ^a   Martínez Jarreta, Begoña ^a   Fabricio Gonzalez Andrade J ^a   Angel Santed M ^a   Casalod, Yolanda ^a   Angeles Rueda M ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ZARAGOZA   (Spain)

Author keywords

Aggression; Health care workers; Spain; Violence

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; ATTITUDE TO HEALTH; FEMALE; HEALTH CARE FACILITY; HEALTH CARE PERSONNEL; HUMAN; HUMAN RELATION; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MULTICENTER STUDY; QUESTIONNAIRE; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; SEX DIFFERENCE; SPAIN; STATISTICAL MODEL; STATISTICS; VIOLENCE; WORKPLACE;

ADULT; ATTITUDE TO HEALTH; FEMALE; HEALTH FACILITIES; HEALTH PERSONNEL; HUMANS; LOGISTIC MODELS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MULTICENTER STUDIES AS TOPIC; PROFESSIONAL-PATIENT RELATIONS; QUESTIONNAIRES; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; SEX FACTORS; SPAIN; VIOLENCE; WORKPLACE;

EID: 65249182642     PISSN: 10773525     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1179/oeh.2009.15.1.29     Document Type: Article

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