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Department of Work Systems and Health, Institute of Industrial Ecological Sciences, University of Occupational and Environmental Health, Japan<\/jats:bold>\u2014Healthcare workers are at high risk of being victim of verbal and physical violence perpetrated by patients. There are only a few studies on work related violence among physicians. The aim of this study was to determine how prevalent work\u2010related violence against physicians is and whether gender, age, specializations and workplaces are associated with verbal and physical violence against physicians in Japan. A questionnaire was mailed to all the 1,705 physicians who had graduated from one medical school in Japan and had practiced for a minimum of 3 yr by the time of this study. The verbal and physical violence experienced by physicians at the hands of their patients and\/or clients in the last 6 months preceding this study were collected. We defined \u2018verbal violence\u2019 as \u2018any threatening statement or complaint\u2019 while \u2018physical violence\u2019 referred to \u2018the attempted or actual exercise by persons of any physical force so as to cause injury to a physician\u2019. Multiple logistic regression analysis was used to determine the independent contribution of each factor with violence. A total of 540 men and 158 women responded. The adjusted response rate was 41.8%. Among the participants, 168 (24.1%) physicians had experienced verbal violence and 15 (2.1%) physicians had experienced physical violence in the prior 6 months. Verbal violence was positively associated with physicians who were under 30 yr old (odds ratio [OR] = 2.1; 95% confidence interval [CI], 1.0\u20134.1 for 27\u201329 yr old) and, psychiatry (OR, 2.4; 95% CI, 1.1\u20135.4). Physical violence was significantly associated with women (OR, 3.8; 95% CI, 1.1\u201313.5), specializations such as emergency and anesthesiology (OR, 18.9; 95% CI, 2.8\u2013126.1), and psychiatry (OR, 7.6; 95% CI, 1.6\u201335.4). There was a considerable number of physicians exposed to violence. Younger physicians and psychiatrists are likely to be exposed to verbal violence. Female physicians, psychiatrists, and emergency physicians are likely to be exposed to physical violence. 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