Risk factors for injury to women from domestic violence

New England Journal of Medicine

Volumn 341, Issue 25, 1999, Pages 1892-1898

  Kyriacou, Demetrios N ^a,b   Anglin, Deirdre ^c   Taliaferro, Ellen ^g   Stone, Susan ^d   Tubb, Toni ^e   Linden, Judith A ^g   Muelleman, Robert ^f   Barton, Erik ^g   Kraus, Jess F ^b  

^a OLIVE VIEW UCLA MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^d BELLEVUE HOSPITAL CENTER   (United States)

^e UNIVERSITY OF MISSISSIPPI SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^f TRUMAN MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^g NONE

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ALCOHOL ABUSE; ARTICLE; BATTERED WOMAN; CONTROLLED STUDY; DRUG ABUSE; EMPLOYMENT; FAMILY VIOLENCE; FEMALE; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SOCIOECONOMICS;

ACUTE DISEASE; ADULT; ALCOHOLISM; CASE-CONTROL STUDIES; DOMESTIC VIOLENCE; EDUCATIONAL STATUS; FEMALE; HUMANS; LOGISTIC MODELS; MALE; MULTIVARIATE ANALYSIS; RISK FACTORS; SPOUSE ABUSE; SUBSTANCE-RELATED DISORDERS; UNEMPLOYMENT; UNITED STATES; WOUNDS AND INJURIES;

EID: 0033576812     PISSN: 00284793     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1056/NEJM199912163412505     Document Type: Article

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