Intimate violence in the lives of homeless and poor housed women: Prevalence and patterns in an ethnically diverse sample

American Journal of Orthopsychiatry

Volumn 67, Issue 2, 1997, Pages 261-278

  Browne, Angela ^a,c   Bassuk, Shari S ^b,c  

^a New York Stt Res Inst on Addict   (United States)

^b HARVARD SCHOOL OF PUBLIC HEALTH   (United States)

^c Better Homes Fund   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; BATTERED WOMAN; DISEASE SEVERITY; ETHNOLOGY; HEALTH SURVEY; HOMELESSNESS; HOMICIDE; HUMAN; LOWEST INCOME GROUP; POVERTY; PREVALENCE; RAPE; SEXUAL ABUSE; VICTIM; VIOLENCE;

EID: 0030951705     PISSN: 00029432     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1037/h0080230     Document Type: Article

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