Examining patterns of vulnerability to domestic violence among african american women

Violence Against Woman

Volumn 6, Issue 5, 2000, Pages 495-514

  Wyatt, Gail E ^a   Axelrod, Julie ^a   Chin, Dorothy ^a   Carmona, Jennifer Vargas ^a   Loeb, Tamra Burns ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

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EID: 0001435140     PISSN: 10778012     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/1077801200006005003     Document Type: Article

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