Sexual violence as a weapon of war

JAMA

Volumn 308, Issue 7, 2012, Pages 677-678

  Stark, Lindsay ^a   Wessells, Mike ^a  

^a Department of Medicine   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

FAMILY VIOLENCE; GANG; HUMAN; MACHISMO; MASCULINITY; MILITARY PHENOMENA; PARTNER VIOLENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PSYCHOSOCIAL DISORDER; RAPE; SEXISM; SEXUAL ABUSE; SHORT SURVEY; SOCIAL DISCRIMINATION; STIGMA; WAR; ARTICLE; BEHAVIOR; DOMESTIC VIOLENCE; FEAR; FEMALE; GENDER IDENTITY; HEALTH STATUS; MALE; MENTAL HEALTH; POLITICS; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; SOLDIER; VIOLENCE; VULNERABLE POPULATION;

DOMESTIC VIOLENCE; FEAR; FEMALE; GENDER IDENTITY; HEALTH STATUS; HUMANS; MALE; MENTAL HEALTH; MILITARY PERSONNEL; POLITICS; POWER (PSYCHOLOGY); RAPE; VIOLENCE; VULNERABLE POPULATIONS; WAR;

EID: 84865081049     PISSN: 00987484     EISSN: 15383598     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1001/jama.2012.9733     Document Type: Short Survey

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