The myth of the virgin rape myth.

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Author/s: Epstein, Helen (H); Jewkes, Rachel (R);

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Publication Type: Comment; Letter

Journal: Lancet (Lancet), published in England. (Language: eng)

Reference: 2009-Oct; vol 374 (issue 9699) : pp 1419; author reply 1419-20

Dates: Created 2009/10/26; Completed 2009/11/06;

PMID: 19854367, status: MEDLINE (last retrieval date: 11/6/2009, IMS Date: )

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CommentOn: Lancet. 2009 Jun 6;373(9679):1924-6. (PMID: 19428099)

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Causality
Child
Child Abuse, Sexual - ethnology
Female
HIV Infections - ethnology; prevention & control

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