Implications of public health for policy on sexual violence

Annals of the New York Academy of Sciences

Volumn 989, Issue , 2003, Pages 446-463

  Basile, Kathleen C ^a  

^a CENTERS FOR DISEASE CONTROL AND PREVENTION   (United States)

Author keywords

Ecological approach; Primary prevention; Public health; Sexual violence

Indexed keywords

CLINICAL RESEARCH; CONFERENCE PAPER; ECOLOGY; HUMAN; POLICY; PREVENTIVE MEDICINE; PUBLIC HEALTH; SEXUAL CRIME; SEXUAL VIOLENCE; SOCIAL ASPECT; VIOLENCE;

EID: 0038727800     PISSN: 00778923     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book Series    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1749-6632.2003.tb07325.x     Document Type: Conference Paper

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