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Effects of Sexual Violence and Sexual Aggression

Sexual Violence Victimization and Associations with Health in a Community Sample of African American Women

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Pages 231-253 | Received 15 Sep 2014, Accepted 29 May 2015, Published online: 01 Feb 2016

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