Evaluating progress in reducing workplace violence: Trends in Washington State workers' compensation claims rates, 1997-2007.
Objectives: This study reports trends in the pattern of injuries related to workplace violence over the period 1997-2007. It tracks occupations and industries at elevated risk of workplace violence with a special focus on the persistently high claims rates among healthcare and social assistance work...
| Publicado en: | Work Vol. 42; no. 1; pp. 67 - 82 |
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Sage Publications Inc.
2012
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