Fistula and Other Adverse Reproductive Health Outcomes among Women Victims of Conflict-Related Sexual Violence: A Population-Based Cross-Sectional Study

Birth

Volumn 41, Issue 1, 2014, Pages 5-13

  Dossa, Nissou Ines ^a   Zunzunegui, Maria Victoria ^a,b   Hatem, Marie ^a   Fraser, William ^a  

^a UNIVERSITÉ DE MONTRÉAL   (Canada)

^b CENTRE HOSPITALIER DE L UNIVERSITÉ DE MONTRÉAL   (Canada)

Author keywords

Armed conflict; Chronic pelvic pain; Fistula; Reproductive health; Sexual violence

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ARMED CONFLICT; ARTICLE; CASE CONTROL STUDY; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY; DEMOCRATIC REPUBLIC CONGO; FEMALE; FISTULA; HUMAN; LIBIDO; MIDDLE AGED; PELVIC PAIN; PELVIS PAIN SYNDROME; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; RAPE; REPRODUCTIVE BEHAVIOR; REPRODUCTIVE HEALTH; SEXUAL CRIME; SEXUAL VIOLENCE; STATISTICS; VAGINA DISEASE; WAR CRIME; YOUNG ADULT;

ARMED CONFLICT; CHRONIC PELVIC PAIN; FISTULA; REPRODUCTIVE HEALTH; SEXUAL VIOLENCE;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; CASE-CONTROL STUDIES; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; DEMOCRATIC REPUBLIC OF THE CONGO; FEMALE; HUMANS; LIBIDO; MIDDLE AGED; PELVIC PAIN; RAPE; REPRODUCTIVE BEHAVIOR; SEX OFFENSES; VAGINAL FISTULA; WAR CRIMES; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84896517267     PISSN: 07307659     EISSN: 1523536X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/birt.12085     Document Type: Article

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