Severity of Abuse to Pregnant Women and Associated Gun Access of the Perpetrator

Public Health Nursing

Volumn 15, Issue 3, 1998, Pages 201-206

  McFarlane, Judith ^a   Soeken, Karen ^b   Campbell, Jacquelyn ^d   Parker, Barbara ^c   Reel, Sally ^c   Silva, Concepcion ^d  

^a TEXAS WOMAN'S UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MARYLAND   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF VIRGINIA   (United States)

^d Texas Woman's University ^*

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AFRICAN AMERICAN; ARTICLE; CAUCASIAN; CLASSIFICATION; COMPARATIVE STUDY; ETHNOLOGY; FEMALE; FIREARM; HISPANIC; HOSPITALIZATION; HUMAN; MALE; MULTIVARIATE ANALYSIS; ORGANIZATION AND MANAGEMENT; PARTNER VIOLENCE; PREGNANCY; PREGNANCY COMPLICATION; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; QUESTIONNAIRE; RISK FACTOR; SPOUSE; STATISTICS;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AFRICAN AMERICANS; EUROPEAN CONTINENTAL ANCESTRY GROUP; FEMALE; FIREARMS; HISPANIC AMERICANS; HUMANS; MALE; MULTIVARIATE ANALYSIS; OWNERSHIP; PREGNANCY; PREGNANCY COMPLICATIONS; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; QUESTIONNAIRES; RISK FACTORS; SEVERITY OF ILLNESS INDEX; SPOUSE ABUSE; SPOUSES;

EID: 0032090563     PISSN: 07371209     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1525-1446.1998.tb00340.x     Document Type: Article

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