High Prevalence of Self-Reported Forced Sexual Intercourse among Internally Displaced Women in Azerbaijan

American Journal of Public Health

Volumn 93, Issue 7, 2003, Pages 1067-1070

  Kerimova, Jamila ^a,c   Posner, Samuel F ^b   Brown, Y Teresa ^b   Hillis, Susan ^b   Meikle, Susan ^b   Duerr, Ann ^b  

^a Relief International   (Azerbaijan)

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

^c NATIONAL CENTER FOR CHRONIC DISEASE PREVENTION AND HEALTH PROMOTION   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; AZERBAIJAN; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORRELATION ANALYSIS; FEMALE; FORCE; HUMAN; INCIDENCE; PREVALENCE; PROTECTION; SELF REPORT; SEX DIFFERENCE; SEXUAL ABUSE; SEXUAL INTERCOURSE; TREATMENT OUTCOME; TREATMENT PLANNING; VIOLENCE; ADOLESCENT; MIDDLE AGED; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; RAPE; REFUGEE; SELF DISCLOSURE; STATISTICAL MODEL; STATISTICS;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AZERBAIJAN; FEMALE; HUMANS; LOGISTIC MODELS; MIDDLE AGED; PREVALENCE; RAPE; REFUGEES; SELF DISCLOSURE;

EID: 0042744762     PISSN: 00900036     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2105/AJPH.93.7.1067     Document Type: Article

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