Implications for health care practice and improved policies for victims of sexual violence in the democratic Republic of Congo

Journal of International Women's Studies

Volumn 10, Issue 2, 2008, Pages 64-72

  Hanlon, Haleigh ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PITTSBURGH   (United States)

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