Neighborhood poverty as a predictor of intimate partner violence among White, Black, and Hispanic couples in the United States: A multilevel analysis

Annals of Epidemiology

Volumn 10, Issue 5, 2000, Pages 297-308

  Cunradi, Carol B ^b   Caetano, Raul ^c,d   Clark, Catherine ^a   Schafer, John ^e  

^a ALCOHOL RESEARCH GROUP   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS SCHOOL OF PUBLIC HEALTH   (United States)

^d UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS AT DALLAS   (United States)

^e UNIVERSITY OF CINCINNATI   (United States)

Author keywords

Domestic violence; Poverty areas

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ALCOHOL CONSUMPTION; CONTROLLED STUDY; ETHNIC DIFFERENCE; FAMILY VIOLENCE; FEMALE; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; MALE; POVERTY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REVIEW; RISK; RISK ASSESSMENT; SOCIOECONOMICS; STATISTICAL ANALYSIS; UNITED STATES;

EID: 0033853382     PISSN: 10472797     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S1047-2797(00)00052-1     Document Type: Article

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