Use of a screening instrument in women's health care: Detecting relationships among victimization history, psychological distress, and medical complaints

Women and Health

Volumn 25, Issue 3, 1997, Pages 1-17

  Read, Jennifer P ^a   Stern, Amy Leventhal ^b   Wolfe, Jessica ^b   Ouimette, Paige Crosby ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF RHODE ISLAND   (United States)

^b VETERANS AFFAIRS MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^c VA PALO ALTO HEALTH CARE SYSTEM   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; DISTRESS SYNDROME; FEEDING DISORDER; FEMALE; HEALTH STATUS; HUMAN; INJURY; SCREENING TEST; SEXUAL ABUSE; SEXUAL CRIME; SUBSTANCE ABUSE;

ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; COMORBIDITY; FEMALE; HEALTH STATUS; HUMANS; INCIDENCE; MASS SCREENING; MIDDLE AGED; PRIMARY HEALTH CARE; QUESTIONNAIRES; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS; SPOUSE ABUSE; STRESS, PSYCHOLOGICAL; WOMEN'S HEALTH;

EID: 0030754729     PISSN: 03630242     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1300/J013v25n03_01     Document Type: Article

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