Sexual violence in Lesotho

Studies in Family Planning

Volumn 37, Issue 4, 2006, Pages 269-280

  Brown, Lisanne ^a   Thurman, Tonya ^a   Bloem, Jeanette ^b   Kendall, Carl ^a  

^a TULANE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b FAMILY HEALTH INTERNATIONAL   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

DISEASE PREVALENCE; HOUSEHOLD SURVEY; HUMAN IMMUNODEFICIENCY VIRUS; SEXUAL CONFLICT; URBAN AREA; VIOLENCE; WOMENS STATUS;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; ARTICLE; CLINICAL TRIAL; FEMALE; HUMAN; LESOTHO; MULTICENTER STUDY; PREVALENCE; RISK FACTOR; SEXUAL CRIME; SOCIOECONOMICS; STATISTICAL MODEL; STATISTICS;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; FEMALE; HUMANS; LESOTHO; LOGISTIC MODELS; PREVALENCE; RISK FACTORS; SEX OFFENSES; SOCIOECONOMIC FACTORS;

AFRICA; LESOTHO; SOUTHERN AFRICA; SUB-SAHARAN AFRICA;

EID: 33845511801     PISSN: 00393665     EISSN: 17284465     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1728-4465.2006.00105.x     Document Type: Article

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