Prevalence of workplace violence in psychiatric wards, Tehran, Iran

Pakistan Journal of Biological Sciences

Volumn 15, Issue 14, 2012, Pages 680-684

  Khoshknab, Masoud Fallahi ^a   Tamizi, Zahra ^b   Ghazanfari, Nahid ^b   Mehrabani, Golnoush ^c  

^a University of Social Welfare Sciences and Rehabilitation   (Iran)

^b Razi Psychiatric Center   (Iran)

^c SHIRAZ UNIVERSITY OF MEDICAL SCIENCES   (Iran)

Author keywords

Nurse; Psychiatry; Workplace violence

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; FEMALE; HUMAN; IRAN; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NURSE; NURSING STAFF; OCCUPATIONAL HEALTH; PREVALENCE; PSYCHIATRIC DEPARTMENT; QUESTIONNAIRE; STATISTICS; VIOLENCE; WORKPLACE;

ADULT; FEMALE; HUMANS; IRAN; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NURSES; NURSING STAFF, HOSPITAL; OCCUPATIONAL HEALTH; PREVALENCE; PSYCHIATRIC DEPARTMENT, HOSPITAL; QUESTIONNAIRES; VIOLENCE; WORKPLACE;

EID: 84873842322     PISSN: 10288880     EISSN: 18125735     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3923/pjbs.2012.680.684     Document Type: Article

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