The imperative to respond with appropriate and timely interventions to mass rape in conflict-affected areas

AIDS

Volumn 25, Issue 3, 2011, Pages 391-

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

^a United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees   (Switzerland)

^b UNIVERSITY OF OTTAWA   (Canada)

^c BRITISH COLUMBIA CENTRE FOR EXCELLENCE IN HIV AIDS   (Canada)

^d UNIVERSITY OF BRITISH COLUMBIA   (Canada)

Author keywords

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Indexed keywords

CONFLICT; HUMAN; HUMAN IMMUNODEFICIENCY VIRUS INFECTION; INCIDENCE; LETTER; PREVALENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RAPE; SOCIAL DISCRIMINATION; STIGMA;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; CHILD; FEMALE; HIV INFECTIONS; HIV-1; HUMANS; RAPE; SURVIVORS; WAR; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 79551585993     PISSN: 02699370     EISSN: 14735571     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/QAD.0b013e3283420e7b     Document Type: Letter

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