The prevalence of female-to-male intimate partner violence in an urban emergency department

Journal of Emergency Medicine

Volumn 25, Issue 2, 2003, Pages 215-218

  Mills, Lisa D ^a   Mills, Trevor J ^a,d   Taliaferro, Ellen ^b,c   Zimbler, Andrea ^b   Smith, Donald ^c  

^a LOUISIANA STATE UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS AT DALLAS   (United States)

^c PARKLAND HEALTH AND HOSPITAL SYSTEM   (United States)

^d TULANE UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

Domestic violence; Injury prevention; Interpersonal violence; Intimate partner violence

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; AGGRESSION; ARTICLE; BATTERING; DATA ANALYSIS; DEMOGRAPHY; EMERGENCY WARD; FREQUENCY ANALYSIS; GENDER; HETEROSEXUALITY; HUMAN; MALE; NORMAL HUMAN; PARTNER VIOLENCE; POPULATION; PREVALENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUESTIONNAIRE; SCORING SYSTEM; URBAN AREA;

EID: 0041666386     PISSN: 07364679     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0736-4679(03)00178-1     Document Type: Article

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