Sexual violence against women: The scope of the problem

Best Practice and Research: Clinical Obstetrics and Gynaecology

Volumn 27, Issue 1, 2013, Pages 3-13

  Dartnall, Elizabeth ^a,b   Jewkes, Rachel ^a,b  

^a SOUTH AFRICAN MEDICAL RESEARCH COUNCIL   (South Africa)

^b Sexual Violence Research Initiative   (South Africa)

Author keywords

child sexual abuse; coerced sex; forced sex; intimate partner sexual violence; multiple perpetrator rape; non intimate partner sexual violence; prevalence; rape; research; school based sexual violence; sexual violence

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ARTICLE; CHILD; CHILD ABUSE; FEMALE; GENDER; HOME; HUMAN; INCOME; KNOWLEDGE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; PARTNER VIOLENCE; PERSUASIVE COMMUNICATION; PREVALENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RAPE; SCHOOL; SEXUAL ABUSE; SEXUAL CRIME; SEXUAL HARASSMENT; SOUTH AFRICA; VICTIM; VULNERABLE POPULATION;

ADOLESCENT; BATTERED WOMEN; CHILD; COERCION; CRIME VICTIMS; FACULTY; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; PEER GROUP; PREGNANCY; PREGNANT WOMEN; PREVALENCE; SCHOOLS; SEX OFFENSES; SEXUAL PARTNERS; VIOLENCE; WORLD HEALTH;

EID: 84873056812     PISSN: 15216934     EISSN: 15321932     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.bpobgyn.2012.08.002     Document Type: Article

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