Aggression and violence against health care workers in Germany - A cross sectional retrospective survey

BMC Health Services Research

Volumn 10, Issue , 2010, Pages

  Franz, Simone ^a   Zeh, Annett ^b   Schablon, Anja ^b   Kuhnert, Saskia ^b   Nienhaus, Albert ^b  

^a BIELEFELD UNIVERSITY   (Germany)

^b Department of Occupational Health Research ^*  (Germany)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGGRESSION; ARTICLE; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY; FEMALE; GERMANY; HEALTH CARE PERSONNEL; HUMAN; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NURSING STAFF; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; SOCIAL WORK; STATISTICS; VIOLENCE;

ADULT; AGGRESSION; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; FEMALE; GERMANY; HEALTH PERSONNEL; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NURSING STAFF; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; SOCIAL WORK; VIOLENCE;

EID: 77949509848     PISSN: None     EISSN: 14726963     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1186/1472-6963-10-51     Document Type: Article

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