Greentree white paper: Sexual violence, genitoanal injury, and HIV: Priorities for research, policy, and practice

AIDS Research and Human Retroviruses

Volumn 28, Issue 11, 2012, Pages 1379-1388

  Klot, Jennifer F ^a   Auerbach, Judith D ^b   Veronese, Fulvia ^c   Brown, Gina ^c   Pei, April ^a   Wira, Charles R ^d   Hope, Thomas J ^e   M'Boup, Souleymane ^f  

^a SOCIAL SCIENCE RESEARCH COUNCIL   (United States)

^b Independent Consultant   (United States)

^c NATIONAL INSTITUTES OF HEALTH   (United States)

^d DARTMOUTH MEDICAL SCHOOL   (United States)

^e NORTHWESTERN UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^f UNIVERSITÉ CHEIKH ANTA DIOP   (Senegal)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANUS INJURY; ANUS INTERCOURSE; CONDOM; CONFLICT; CONSENSUS; CYTOKINE PRODUCTION; DEPRESSION; EPIDEMIC; FEMALE; GENITAL INJURY; HETEROSEXUALITY; HUMAN; HUMAN IMMUNODEFICIENCY VIRUS INFECTION; IMMUNE RESPONSE; INFECTION RISK; INFORMATION PROCESSING; INTERDISCIPLINARY RESEARCH; NON PROFIT ORGANIZATION; PATHOGENESIS; POLICY; POSTTRAUMATIC STRESS DISORDER; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RESEARCH PRIORITY; REVIEW; SEX; SEXUAL ABUSE; SEXUAL BEHAVIOR; SEXUAL CRIME; SEXUAL INTERCOURSE; SEXUAL TRANSMISSION; VIRUS TRANSMISSION;

ADOLESCENT; AFRICA SOUTH OF THE SAHARA; ANAL CANAL; FEMALE; HEALTH KNOWLEDGE, ATTITUDES, PRACTICE; HEALTH POLICY; HEALTH PRIORITIES; HIV INFECTIONS; HUMANS; MALE; PRACTICE GUIDELINES AS TOPIC; PRIMARY PREVENTION; SEX OFFENSES; VAGINA; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84868570376     PISSN: 08892229     EISSN: 19318405     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1089/aid.2012.0273     Document Type: Review

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