General and sexual harassment as predictors of posttraumatic stress symptoms among female health professionals

World Journal of Medical Sciences

Volumn 10, Issue 1, 2014, Pages 43-49

  Malik, Sadia ^a   Farooqi, Yasmin Nilofer ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF THE PUNJAB   (Pakistan)

Author keywords

General work harassment; Posttraumatic stress symptoms; Sexual harassment

Indexed keywords

EID: 84893683518     PISSN: 18173055     EISSN: 19904061     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.5829/idosi.wjms.2014.10.1.81128     Document Type: Article

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