Sexual violence in the lives of first-year university women in Canada: No improvements in the 21st century

BMC Women's Health

Volumn 14, Issue 1, 2014, Pages

  Senn, Charlene Y ^a   Eliasziw, Misha ^b,c   Barata, Paula C ^d   Thurston, Wilfreda E ^c   Newby Clark, Ian R ^d   Radtke, H Lorraine ^e   Hobden, Karen L ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WINDSOR   (Canada)

^b TUFTS UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF CALGARY   (Canada)

^d UNIVERSITY OF GUELPH   (Canada)

^e UNIVERSITY OF CALGARY   (Canada)

Author keywords

Female university students; Rape; Sexual assault; Sexual coercion; Sexual violence; University women

Indexed keywords

ALCOHOL;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ARTICLE; CANADA; CONTROLLED STUDY; EDUCATION PROGRAM; FEMALE; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; PATIENT EDUCATION; RAPE; SAMPLE SIZE; SELF DEFENSE; SEXUAL ASSAULT; SEXUAL ASSAULT EDUCATION; SEXUAL VIOLENCE; UNIVERSITY STUDENT; VICTIM; YOUNG ADULT; ALCOHOLIC INTOXICATION; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; SEXUAL BEHAVIOR; SEXUAL CRIME; STATISTICS AND NUMERICAL DATA; STUDENT; UNIVERSITY;

ADOLESCENT; ALCOHOLIC INTOXICATION; CANADA; FEMALE; HUMANS; RAPE; SEX OFFENSES; SEXUAL BEHAVIOR; STUDENTS; UNIVERSITIES; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84926120454     PISSN: None     EISSN: 14726874     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1186/s12905-014-0135-4     Document Type: Article

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