Prevalence and risk factors for forced or coerced sex among school-going youth: National cross-sectional studies in 10 southern African countries in 2003 and 2007

BMJ Open

Volumn 2, Issue 2, 2012, Pages

  Andersson, Neil ^a   Paredes Solís, Sergio ^a   Milne, Deborah ^b   Omer, Khalid ^b   Marokoane, Nobantu ^b   Laetsang, Ditiro ^c   Cockcroft, Anne ^c  

^a UNIVERSIDAD AUTÓNOMA DE GUERRERO   (Mexico)

^b CIET   (Mexico)

^c CIET Trust   (Canada)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; AFRICA; ARTICLE; CHILD; CHILD SEXUAL ABUSE; FEMALE; GROUPS BY AGE; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PARTNER VIOLENCE; PREVALENCE; RISK FACTOR; SCHOOL CHILD; SOCIAL STATUS;

EID: 84860115178     PISSN: None     EISSN: 20446055     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1136/bmjopen-2011-000754     Document Type: Article

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