Widespread rape does not directly appear to increase the overall HIV prevalence in conflict-affected countries: So now what?

Emerging Themes in Epidemiology

Volumn 5, Issue , 2008, Pages

  Anema, Aranka ^a   Joffres, Michel R ^b   Mills, Edward ^a,b   Spiegel, Paul B ^c  

^a ST PAUL S HOSPITAL   (Canada)

^b SIMON FRASER UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

^c United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AFRICA; BURUNDI; CONFLICT; CONGO; FEMALE; HUMAN; HUMAN IMMUNODEFICIENCY VIRUS INFECTION; LIBERIA; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; PERCEPTIVE DISCRIMINATION; POPULATION RESEARCH; PREVALENCE; RAPE; REVIEW; RWANDA; SEXUAL ABUSE; SIERRA LEONE; SOCIAL PSYCHOLOGY; STIGMA; SUDAN; UGANDA; UNWANTED PREGNANCY; VIOLENCE; VIRUS TRANSMISSION;

EID: 50849099126     PISSN: None     EISSN: 17427622     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1186/1742-7622-5-11     Document Type: Review

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