Workplace Homicides Among U.S. Women: The Role of Intimate Partner Violence

Annals of Epidemiology

Volumn 22, Issue 4, 2012, Pages 277-284

  Tiesman, Hope M ^a   Gurka, Kelly K ^b   Konda, Srinivas ^a   Coben, Jeffrey H ^b   Amandus, Harlan E ^a  

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

^b WEST VIRGINIA UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Domestic violence; Homicide; Women; Workplace

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; FATALITY; FEMALE; HOMICIDE; HUMAN; HUMAN RELATION; INTIMATE PARTNER VIOLENCE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; OFFENDER; PARTNER VIOLENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; VICTIM; WOMEN'S HEALTH; WORKPLACE VIOLENCE;

ADULT; DOMESTIC VIOLENCE; FEMALE; HOMICIDE; HUMANS; MIDDLE AGED; SPOUSE ABUSE; UNITED STATES; WORKPLACE; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84858992287     PISSN: 10472797     EISSN: 18732585     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.annepidem.2012.02.009     Document Type: Article

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