Lifetime prevalence, associated factors, and circumstances of non-volitional sex in women and men in Britain: Findings from the third National Survey of Sexual Attitudes and Lifestyles (Natsal-3)

The Lancet

Volumn 382, Issue 9907, 2013, Pages 1845-1855

  Macdowall, Wendy ^a   Gibson, Lorna J ^a   Tanton, Clare ^b   Mercer, Catherine H ^b   Lewis, Ruth ^a   Clifton, Soazig ^b,c   Field, Nigel ^b   Datta, Jessica ^a   Mitchell, Kirstin R ^a   Sonnenberg, Pam ^b   Erens, Bob ^a,b   Copas, Andrew J ^b   Phelps, Andrew ^c   Prah, Philip ^b   Johnson, Anne M ^b   Wellings, Kaye ^a  

^a LONDON SCHOOL OF HYGIENE AND TROPICAL MEDICINE   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

^c NATIONAL CENTRE FOR SOCIAL RESEARCH   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

NON PRESCRIPTION DRUG;

ABORTION; ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; BINGE DRINKING; EDUCATIONAL STATUS; FEMALE; HEALTH SURVEY; HETEROSEXUALITY; HUMAN; INTERVIEW; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MENTAL HEALTH; OFFENDER; PREGNANCY OUTCOME; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REVIEW; SEXUAL BEHAVIOR; SEXUAL FUNCTION; SEXUAL VIOLENCE; SEXUALITY; SEXUALLY TRANSMITTED DISEASE; SMOKING; UNITED KINGDOM;

EID: 84888642903     PISSN: 01406736     EISSN: 1474547X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0140-6736(13)62300-4     Document Type: Article

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