Workplace harassment based on sex: A risk factor for women's mental health problems

Violence against Women and Mental Health

Volumn 178, Issue , 2013, Pages 139-147

  Cortina, Lilia M ^a   Leskinen, Emily A ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MICHIGAN   (United States)

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EID: 84925850516     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book    
DOI: 10.1159/000342028     Document Type: Chapter

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