Alleged cases of sexual assault reported to two Addis Ababa Hospitals

East African Medical Journal

Volumn 78, Issue 2, 2001, Pages 80-83

  Lakew, Z ^a  

^a ADDIS ABABA UNIVERSITY   (Ethiopia)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGE DISTRIBUTION; ARTICLE; CHILD; CHILD SEXUAL ABUSE; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY; EDUCATIONAL STATUS; ETHIOPIA; FAMILY; FEMALE; HEALTH SURVEY; HUMAN; HUMAN RELATION; INCIDENCE; INFANT; MANDATORY REPORTING; PATIENT REFERRAL; PRESCHOOL CHILD; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; QUESTIONNAIRE; RAPE; SOCIOECONOMICS; STATISTICS; TIME;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGE DISTRIBUTION; CHILD; CHILD ABUSE, SEXUAL; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; EDUCATIONAL STATUS; ETHIOPIA; FAMILY; FEMALE; HUMANS; INCIDENCE; INFANT; INTERPERSONAL RELATIONS; MANDATORY REPORTING; POPULATION SURVEILLANCE; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; QUESTIONNAIRES; RAPE; REFERRAL AND CONSULTATION; SOCIOECONOMIC FACTORS; TIME FACTORS;

EID: 0035542291     PISSN: 0012835X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.4314/eamj.v78i2.9093     Document Type: Article

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