Post-traumatic responses of abused women to marital violence

Kaohsiung Journal of Medical Sciences

Volumn 19, Issue 7, 2003, Pages 352-356

  Hou, Wen Li ^a   Wang, Hsiu Hung ^b   Chung, Hsin Hsin ^b  

^a MEIHO UNIVERSITY   (Taiwan)

^b KAOHSIUNG MEDICAL UNIVERSITY   (Taiwan)

Author keywords

Abused women; Marital violence; Post traumatic responses

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; BATTERING; CAREGIVER; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORRELATION ANALYSIS; DEMOGRAPHY; FEMALE; HEALTH CARE PERSONNEL; HEALTH SURVEY; HUMAN; INTERVIEW; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MARRIAGE; POSTTRAUMATIC STRESS DISORDER; PREVALENCE; QUESTIONNAIRE; STANDARDIZATION; TAIWAN;

EID: 0042528883     PISSN: 02575655     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/s1607-551x(09)70437-1     Document Type: Article

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