Workplace violence among health-care workers in emergency departments of public hospitals in Dammam, Saudi Arabia
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عنوان ژورنال: Eastern Mediterranean Health Journal
سال: 2020
ISSN: 1020-3397,1687-1634
DOI: 10.26719/emhj.20.069