Violence during pregnancy: Measurement issues

American Journal of Public Health

Volumn 88, Issue 2, 1998, Pages 274-276

  Ballard, Terri J ^a,b   Saltzman, Linda E ^a   Gazmararian, Julie A ^d   Spitz, Alison M ^d   Lazorick, Suzanne ^c   Marks, James S ^d  

^a NATIONAL CENTER FOR INJURY PREVENTION AND CONTROL   (United States)

^b ISTITUTO SUPERIORE DI SANITÀ   (Italy)

^c USA   (United States)

^d Mailstop K 60 ^*

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ARTICLE; FEMALE; HEALTH SURVEY; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; METHODOLOGY; PREGNANCY; PREVALENCE; RISK ASSESSMENT; VIOLENCE;

EID: 0031953154     PISSN: 00900036     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2105/AJPH.88.2.274     Document Type: Article

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