Premilitary sexual assault and attrition in the U.S. Navy

Military Medicine

Volumn 172, Issue 3, 2007, Pages 254-258

  Stander, Valerie A ^a   Merrill, Lex L ^a   Thomsen, Cynthia J ^b   Crouch, Julie L ^b   Milner, Joel S ^b  

^a NAVAL MEDICAL CENTER SAN DIEGO   (United States)

^b NORTHERN ILLINOIS UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARMY; ARTICLE; DEMOGRAPHY; FEMALE; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; PREDICTION; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; RAPE; RISK FACTOR; SEXUAL CRIME; UNITED STATES; VICTIM;

EID: 33947186653     PISSN: 00264075     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.7205/MILMED.172.3.254     Document Type: Article

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