A Systematic Review of Workplace Violence Against Emergency Medical Services Responders

Overview

Journal New Solut

Publisher Sage Publications

Specialties Environmental Health
Occupational Medicine

Date 2019 Dec 17

PMID 31841060

Citations 28

Authors

Regan M Murray

Andrea L Davis

Lauren J Shepler

Lori Moore-Merrell

William J Troup

Joseph A Allen

Jennifer A Taylor

Affiliations

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