Undercounting, overcounting and the longevity of flawed estimates: Statistics on sexual violence in conflict

Bulletin of the World Health Organization

Volumn 89, Issue 12, 2011, Pages 924-925

  Palermo, Tia ^a   Peterman, Amber ^b  

^a STONY BROOK UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b INTERNATIONAL FOOD POLICY RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

STATISTICAL ANALYSIS; VIOLENCE;

ARTICLE; DATA COLLECTION METHOD; GENOCIDE; HEALTH SURVEY; PARTNER VIOLENCE; RAPE; SEXUAL ABUSE; VIOLENCE; WAR;

CONFLICT (PSYCHOLOGY); DATA COLLECTION; HEALTH POLICY; HEALTH SERVICES RESEARCH; HUMANS; PUBLIC HEALTH PRACTICE; RAPE; VIOLENCE; WAR;

EID: 82555193781     PISSN: 00429686     EISSN: 15640604     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2471/BLT.11.089888     Document Type: Article

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