Rates of intimate partner violence in the United States

American Journal of Public Health

Volumn 88, Issue 11, 1998, Pages 1702-1704

  Schafer, John ^b   Caetano, Raul ^a   Clark, Catherine L ^a  

^a ALCOHOL RESEARCH GROUP   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CINCINNATI   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; CONFLICT; FAMILY VIOLENCE; FEMALE; HEALTH SURVEY; HOUSEHOLD; HUMAN; INTERVIEW; INTIMACY; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MARRIAGE; PREVALENCE; PROBABILITY; UNITED STATES;

EID: 0031770464     PISSN: 00900036     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2105/AJPH.88.11.1702     Document Type: Article

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