Domestic violence and forced sex among the urban poor in South India: Implications for HIV prevention

Violence Against Women

Volumn 15, Issue 7, 2009, Pages 753-773

  Solomon, Suniti ^a   Subbaraman, Ramnath ^b   Solomon, Sunil S ^c   Srikrishnan, Aylur K ^c   Johnson, Sethulakshmi C ^c   Vasudevan, C K ^c   Anand, Santhanam ^c   Ganesh, Aylur K ^c   Celentano, David D ^d  

^a YRG CENTRE FOR AIDS RESEARCH AND EDUCATION   (India)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^c YRG Centre for AIDS Research and Education   (India)

^d JOHNS HOPKINS BLOOMBERG SCHOOL OF PUBLIC HEALTH   (United States)

Author keywords

Forced sex; HIV AIDS; India; Violence

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; BATTERED WOMAN; FEMALE; HUMAN; HUMAN IMMUNODEFICIENCY VIRUS INFECTION; INDIA; LIFESTYLE; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MULTIVARIATE ANALYSIS; PARTNER VIOLENCE; POVERTY; PREVALENCE; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; RAPE; RISK FACTOR; SOCIOECONOMICS; SPOUSE; STATISTICS; URBAN POPULATION;

ADULT; BATTERED WOMEN; FEMALE; HIV INFECTIONS; HUMANS; INDIA; LIFE STYLE; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MULTIVARIATE ANALYSIS; POVERTY; POVERTY AREAS; PREVALENCE; RAPE; RISK FACTORS; SOCIOECONOMIC FACTORS; SPOUSE ABUSE; SPOUSES; URBAN POPULATION;

EID: 70349487516     PISSN: 10778012     EISSN: 15528448     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/1077801209334602     Document Type: Article

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