Impact of faculty education on the incidence of sexual harassment experienced by Canadian medical students

Journal of Women's Health

Volumn 5, Issue 3, 1996, Pages 231-237

  Moscarello, Rebeka ^a,b   Margittai, Katalin J ^a,b   Rossi, Miriam F ^a,c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TORONTO   (Canada)

^b WOMEN S COLLEGE HOSPITAL   (Canada)

^c UNIVERSITY OF TORONTO   (Canada)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; CANADA; EDUCATION; FEMALE; HUMAN; INCIDENCE; MALE; MEDICAL SCHOOL; MEDICAL STUDENT; NORMAL HUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SEXUAL HARASSMENT; WORKSHOP;

EID: 0029987466     PISSN: 10597115     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1089/jwh.1996.5.231     Document Type: Article

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