Frontline Hospital Workers and the Worker Safety/Patient Safety Nexus
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عنوان ژورنال: The Joint Commission Journal on Quality and Patient Safety
سال: 2013
ISSN: 1553-7250
DOI: 10.1016/s1553-7250(13)39025-4