Risk factors associated with patient assaults of home healthcare workers

Rehabilitation Nursing

Volumn 35, Issue 5, 2010, Pages 206-215

  Galinsky, Traci ^a   Feng, Huiling Amy ^a   Streit, Jessica ^a   Brightwell, W ^a   Pierson, Kellie ^a   Parsons, Kelley ^a   Proctor, Christina ^a  

^a NATIONAL INSTITUTE FOR OCCUPATIONAL SAFETY AND HEALTH   (United States)

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EID: 80052082104     PISSN: 02784807     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/j.2048-7940.2010.tb00049.x     Document Type: Article

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