Violence against women: Examining ethnic differences and commonalities

Evaluation Review

Volumn 20, Issue 2, 1996, Pages 123-145

  Sorenson, Susan B ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AFRICAN AMERICAN; AGED; ARTICLE; ASIAN AMERICAN; CAUCASIAN; COMPARATIVE STUDY; ETHNOLOGY; FEMALE; HEALTH CARE POLICY; HISPANIC; HUMAN; INFORMATION PROCESSING; KOREA; MALE; MEXICO; MIDDLE AGED; MIGRATION; NEGRO; PARTNER VIOLENCE; PATIENT ATTITUDE; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; RISK FACTOR; SOCIAL SUPPORT; STATISTICS; UNITED STATES;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AFRICAN AMERICANS; AFRICAN CONTINENTAL ANCESTRY GROUP; AGED; ASIAN AMERICANS; CALIFORNIA; EMIGRATION AND IMMIGRATION; EUROPEAN CONTINENTAL ANCESTRY GROUP; FEMALE; FOCUS GROUPS; HEALTH POLICY; HUMANS; KOREA; MALE; MEXICAN AMERICANS; MEXICO; MIDDLE AGED; PATIENT ACCEPTANCE OF HEALTH CARE; RISK FACTORS; SOCIAL SUPPORT; SPOUSE ABUSE; UNITED STATES;

EID: 0030112111     PISSN: 0193841X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/0193841X9602000201     Document Type: Article

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