The epidemiology and the pathology of suspected rape homicide in South Africa.

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Published in Forensic Sci Int on April 15, 2008

Authors

Naeemah Abrahams1, Lorna J Martin, Rachel Jewkes, Shanaaz Mathews, Lisa Vetten, Carl Lombard

Author Affiliations

1: Gender & Health Research Unit, Medical Research Council, PO Box 19070, Tygerberg 7405, Cape Town, South Africa.nabraham@mrc.ac.za

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