The unspoken secret: Sexual violence in World War II [3]

International Psychogeriatrics

Volumn 19, Issue 4, 2007, Pages 782-784

  Kuwert, Philipp ^a   Freyberger, Harald Jürgen ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF GREIFSWALD   (Germany)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BATTLE INJURY; HUMAN; LETTER; MENTAL DISEASE; POSTTRAUMATIC STRESS DISORDER; PREVALENCE; RAPE; RISK FACTOR; SEXUAL CRIME; WAR;

FEMALE; GERMANY; HUMANS; RAPE; RUSSIA; WORLD WAR II;

EID: 34447130304     PISSN: 10416102     EISSN: 1741203X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1017/S1041610207005376     Document Type: Letter

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