Prevalence and correlates of forced sex perpetration and victimization in Botswana and Swaziland

American Journal of Public Health

Volumn 101, Issue 6, 2011, Pages 1068-1074

  Tsai, Alexander C ^a,h   Leiter, Karen ^b   Heisler, Michele ^c   Iacopino, Vincent ^d   Wolfe, William ^d   Shannon, Kate ^d   Phaladze, Nthabiseng ^e   Hlanze, Zakhe ^f   Weiser, Sheri D ^g  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^b PHYSICIANS FOR HUMAN RIGHTS   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF MICHIGAN SCHOOL OF PUBLIC HEALTH   (United States)

^d UNIVERSITY OF BRITISH COLUMBIA   (Canada)

^e UNIVERSITY OF BOTSWANA   (Botswana)

^f Women and Law in Southern Africa Research Trust   (Swaziland)

^g UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^h HARVARD CENTER FOR POPULATION AND DEVELOPMENT STUDIES   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ALCOHOLISM; ARTICLE; BOTSWANA; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY; FEMALE; HUMAN; HUMAN IMMUNODEFICIENCY VIRUS INFECTION; MALE; PREVALENCE; RAPE; RISK FACTOR; STATISTICS; SWAZILAND; VICTIM;

ADULT; ALCOHOLISM; BOTSWANA; CRIME VICTIMS; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; FEMALE; HIV INFECTIONS; HUMANS; MALE; PREVALENCE; RAPE; RISK FACTORS; SWAZILAND;

EID: 79956345153     PISSN: 00900036     EISSN: 15410048     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2105/AJPH.2010.300060     Document Type: Article

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