Coerced first sexual intercourse and selected reproductive health outcomes among young women in KwaZulu-Natal, South Africa

Journal of Biosocial Science

Volumn 39, Issue 2, 2007, Pages 231-244

  Maharaj, Pranitha ^a   Munthree, Chantal ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF KWAZULU NATAL   (South Africa)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADOLESCENT PREGNANCY; ADULT; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DEMOGRAPHY; FEMALE; HUMAN; LONGITUDINAL STUDY; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; PERSUASIVE COMMUNICATION; RAPE; REPRODUCTIVE HEALTH; SEXUAL BEHAVIOR; SEXUAL INTERCOURSE; SEXUALLY TRANSMITTED DISEASE; SOUTH AFRICA; UNWANTED PREGNANCY; URBAN AREA; WOMEN'S RIGHTS;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; COERCION; COITUS; FEMALE; HEALTH SURVEYS; HIV INFECTIONS; HUMANS; PREGNANCY, UNPLANNED; PREVALENCE; RAPE; REPRODUCTIVE MEDICINE; SEXUAL BEHAVIOR; SEXUALLY TRANSMITTED DISEASES; SOUTH AFRICA;

EID: 33847613934     PISSN: 00219320     EISSN: 14697599     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1017/S0021932006001325     Document Type: Article

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