Factors associated with the perpetration of sexual violence among wine-shop patrons in Chennai, India

Social Science and Medicine

Volumn 71, Issue 7, 2010, Pages 1277-1284

  Go, Vivian F ^a   Srikrishnan, Aylur K ^b   Salter, Megan L ^a   Mehta, Shruti ^a   Johnson, Sethulakshmi C ^b   Sivaram, Sudha ^a   Davis, Wendy ^a   Solomon, Suniti ^b   Celentano, David D ^a  

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

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

Author keywords

Alcohol; HIV; India; Perpetrators of violence; Sexual abuse; Violence; Women

Indexed keywords

ACQUIRED IMMUNE DEFICIENCY SYNDROME; ALCOHOL; DISEASE PREVALENCE; HEALTH RISK; HUMAN IMMUNODEFICIENCY VIRUS; MULTIVARIATE ANALYSIS; PROBABILITY; RISK FACTOR; SYMPTOM; VIOLENCE; WOMENS HEALTH;

ACQUIRED IMMUNE DEFICIENCY SYNDROME; ADULT; ARTICLE; HIGH RISK BEHAVIOR; HUMAN; HUMAN IMMUNODEFICIENCY VIRUS INFECTION; INDIA; INFECTION RISK; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PREVALENCE; PROBABILITY; RISK FACTOR; SEXUAL CRIME; SEXUALITY; SOCIAL SUPPORT; VIOLENCE;

ADULT; FEMALE; FRIENDS; HIV INFECTIONS; HUMANS; INCOME; INDIA; MALE; RISK FACTORS; SEX OFFENSES; SEXUAL PARTNERS; SEXUALLY TRANSMITTED DISEASES; VIOLENCE; WINE; YOUNG ADULT;

CHENNAI; INDIA; TAMIL NADU;

EID: 77956345299     PISSN: 02779536     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.socscimed.2010.07.005     Document Type: Article

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