Worker-on-worker violence among hospital employees

International Journal of Occupational and Environmental Health

Volumn 17, Issue 4, 2011, Pages 328-335

  Arnetz, Judith E ^a,c   Aranyos, Deanna ^d   Ager, Joel ^a   Upfal, Mark J ^b,d  

^a University School of Medicine   (United States)

^b Department of Emergency Medicine ^*  (United States)

^c UPPSALA UNIVERSITY   (Sweden)

^d DETROIT MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

Database; Health care workers; Surveillance; Workplace conflict

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; EMPLOYMENT; FACTUAL DATABASE; FEMALE; HEALTH SERVICE; HOSPITAL; HOSPITAL PERSONNEL; HUMAN; INCIDENCE; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; OCCUPATIONAL ACCIDENT; STATISTICAL MODEL; STATISTICS; UNITED STATES; VIOLENCE; WORKPLACE;

ADULT; DATABASES, FACTUAL; EMPLOYMENT; FEMALE; HOSPITALS; HUMANS; INCIDENCE; LOGISTIC MODELS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MIDWESTERN UNITED STATES; OCCUPATIONAL INJURIES; PERSONNEL, HOSPITAL; URBAN HEALTH SERVICES; VIOLENCE; WORKPLACE; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 80053602757     PISSN: 10773525     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1179/oeh.2011.17.4.328     Document Type: Article

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