Posttraumatic stress symptomatology among emergency department workers following workplace aggression

Workplace Health and Safety

Volumn 61, Issue 6, 2013, Pages 247-254

  Gillespie, Gordon Lee ^a   Bresler, Scott ^b   Gates, Donna M ^a   Succop, Paul ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CINCINNATI   (United States)

^b Division of Forensic Psychiatry   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF CINCINNATI COLLEGE OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; AGGRESSION; ARTICLE; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY; EMERGENCY HEALTH SERVICE; FEMALE; HEALTH CARE PERSONNEL; HUMAN; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; OCCUPATIONAL EXPOSURE; OCCUPATIONAL HEALTH NURSING; POSTTRAUMATIC STRESS DISORDER; STATISTICS; VIOLENCE;

ADULT; AGED; AGGRESSION; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; EMERGENCY SERVICE, HOSPITAL; FEMALE; HEALTH PERSONNEL; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; OCCUPATIONAL EXPOSURE; OCCUPATIONAL HEALTH NURSING; STRESS DISORDERS, POST-TRAUMATIC; VIOLENCE; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84879801262     PISSN: 21650799     EISSN: 21650969     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3928/21650799-20130516-07     Document Type: Article

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