Domestic violence incidents with children witnesses: Findings from Rhode Island surveillance data

Women's Health Issues

Volumn 13, Issue 2, 2003, Pages 68-73

  Gjelsvik, Annie ^a   Verhoek Oftedahl, Wendy ^a   Pearlman, Deborah N ^a  

^a BROWN UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Children witnesses; Domestic violence; Victims

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DOMESTIC VIOLENCE; ETHNOLOGY; FEMALE; HEALTH PROGRAM; HEALTH SURVEY; HUMAN; PEDIATRICIAN; POLICE; PREVENTION; UNITED STATES; WITNESS;

EID: 0037964147     PISSN: 10493867     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S1049-3867(02)00197-4     Document Type: Article

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