Demographic differences between health care workers who did or did not respond to a safety and organizational culture survey

BMC Research Notes

Volumn 4, Issue , 2011, Pages

  Listyowardojo, Tita A ^a   Nap, Raoul E ^b   Johnson, Addie ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF GRONINGEN   (Netherlands)

^b UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER GRONINGEN   (Netherlands)

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EID: 80052600911     PISSN: None     EISSN: 17560500     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1186/1756-0500-4-328     Document Type: Article

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