Sexual harassment against nursing staff in Tanta University Hospitals, Egypt

Journal of the Egyptian Public Health Association

Volumn 90, Issue 3, 2015, Pages 94-100

  Abo Ali, Ehab A ^a   Saied, Shimaa M ^a   Elsabagh, Hala M ^a   Zayed, Hanaa A ^a  

^a TANTA UNIVERSITY   (Egypt)

Author keywords

Egypt; Hospital; Nurses; Sexual harassment

Indexed keywords

ADULT; CONFLICT; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY; EGYPT; EPIDEMIOLOGY; FEMALE; HUMAN; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NURSE; NURSING STAFF; PSYCHOLOGY; QUESTIONNAIRE; SEXUAL HARASSMENT; STATISTICS AND NUMERICAL DATA; UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL; WORKPLACE; YOUNG ADULT;

ADULT; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; DISSENT AND DISPUTES; EGYPT; FEMALE; HOSPITALS, UNIVERSITY; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NURSES; NURSING STAFF, HOSPITAL; SEXUAL HARASSMENT; SURVEYS AND QUESTIONNAIRES; WORKPLACE; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84947289579     PISSN: 00132446     EISSN: 2090262X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/01.EPX.0000470563.41655.71     Document Type: Article

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