Violence against women and the risk of infant and child mortality

Bulletin of the World Health Organization

Volumn 81, Issue 1, 2003, Pages 17-18

  Butchart, Alexander ^a   Villaveces, Andrés ^a  

^a WORLD HEALTH ORGANIZATION   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CHILD MORTALITY; INFANT MORTALITY; RISK ASSESSMENT; VIOLENCE;

BATTERED WOMAN; CHILD ABUSE; CHILDHOOD MORTALITY; HUMAN; INFANT MORTALITY; MEDICAL RESEARCH; NICARAGUA; NOTE; PREGNANCY; RISK ASSESSMENT; RISK FACTOR;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; CAUSE OF DEATH; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; DOMESTIC VIOLENCE; FEMALE; HUMANS; INFANT; INFANT MORTALITY; INFANT, NEWBORN; MATERNAL WELFARE; MIDDLE AGED; NICARAGUA; PREGNANCY;

EID: 0037254082     PISSN: 00429686     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Note

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