Workplace violence and influencing factors among medical professionals in China

American Journal of Industrial Medicine

Volumn 55, Issue 11, 2012, Pages 1000-1008

  Wu, Siying ^a   Zhu, Wei ^b   Li, Huangyuan ^a   Lin, Shaowei ^a   Chai, Wenli ^a   Wang, Xiaorong ^c  

^a FUJIAN MEDICAL UNIVERSITY   (China)

^b ZHENGZHOU UNIVERSITY   (China)

^c CHINESE UNIVERSITY OF HONG KONG   (Hong Kong)

Author keywords

China; Influencing factors; Medical professionals; Workplace violence

Indexed keywords

EID: 84867713171     PISSN: 02713586     EISSN: 10970274     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/ajim.22097     Document Type: Article

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