Prevalence of domestic violence among women seeking abortion services

Women's Health Issues

Volumn 6, Issue 4, 1996, Pages 204-210

  Evins, Gigi ^a   Chescheir, Nancy ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NORTH CAROLINA SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ABUSE; ADULT; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; FAMILY VIOLENCE; FEMALE; HEALTH CARE NEED; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; PREGNANCY; PREGNANCY TERMINATION; PREVALENCE; SEXUAL ABUSE;

EID: 0030200773     PISSN: 10493867     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/1049-3867(95)00012-7     Document Type: Article

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