The #MeToo movement: an opportunity in public health?

The Lancet

Volumn 391, Issue 10140, 2018, Pages 2587-2589

  O'Neil, Adrienne ^a   Sojo, Victor ^b   Fileborn, Bianca ^c   Scovelle, Anna J ^a   Milner, Allison ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MELBOURNE   (Australia)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MELBOURNE   (Australia)

^c UNIVERSITY OF NEW SOUTH WALES   (Australia)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

GENDER BASED VIOLENCE; GENDER BIAS; HEALTH HAZARD; HEALTH STATUS; HUMAN; MENTAL FUNCTION; NOTE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PUBLIC HEALTH CAMPAIGN; RISK FACTOR; SEXUAL HARASSMENT; SOCIAL CHANGE; WOMEN'S RIGHTS; WORKPLACE VIOLENCE; FEMALE; MALE; MENTAL STRESS; PREVENTION AND CONTROL; PSYCHOLOGY; PUBLIC HEALTH; STATISTICS AND NUMERICAL DATA; WOMEN'S HEALTH;

FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; PUBLIC HEALTH; SEXUAL HARASSMENT; STRESS, PSYCHOLOGICAL; WOMEN'S HEALTH; WORKPLACE VIOLENCE;

EID: 85049093605     PISSN: 01406736     EISSN: 1474547X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0140-6736(18)30991-7     Document Type: Note

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