Risk Factors for Femicide in Abusive Relationships: Results from a Multisite Case Control Study

American Journal of Public Health

Volumn 93, Issue 7, 2003, Pages 1089-1097

  Campbell, Jacquelyn C ^a   Webster, Daniel ^b   Koziol McLain, Jane ^c   Block, Carolyn ^d   Campbell, Doris ^e   Curry, Mary Ann ^f   Gary, Faye ^g   Glass, Nancy ^f   McFarlane, Judith ^h   Sachs, Carolyn ⁱ   Sharps, Phyllis ^a   Ulrich, Yvonne ^j   Wilt, Susan A ^k   Manganello, Jennifer ^b   Xu, Xiao ^l   Schollenberger, Janet ^b   Frye, Victoria ^m   Laughon, Kathryn ^a  

^a JOHNS HOPKINS UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b JOHNS HOPKINS BLOOMBERG SCHOOL OF PUBLIC HEALTH   (United States)

^c AUCKLAND UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (New Zealand)

^d Illinois Criminal Justice Information Authority   (United States)

^e UNIVERSITY OF SOUTH FLORIDA   (United States)

^f OREGON HEALTH AND SCIENCE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^g UNIVERSITY OF FLORIDA   (United States)

^h TEXAS WOMAN'S UNIVERSITY   (United States)

ⁱ UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^j UNIVERSITY OF WASHINGTON   (United States)

^k New York City Department of Health

^l UK   (United States)

^m ST LUKE S ROOSEVELT HOSPITAL CENTER   (United States)

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Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; BATTERED WOMAN; CONTROLLED STUDY; DOMESTIC VIOLENCE; FAMILY VIOLENCE; FEMALE; HOMICIDE; HUMAN; HUMAN RELATION; INTERVIEW; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MEDICAL EXAMINATION; MEDICAL RECORD; MULTIVARIATE ANALYSIS; OUTCOMES RESEARCH; PARTNER VIOLENCE; POLICE; PREGNANCY; RISK FACTOR; SEXUAL BEHAVIOR; STALKING; THREAT; VICTIM; CASE CONTROL STUDY; CLINICAL TRIAL; ETHNOLOGY; MIDDLE AGED; MULTICENTER STUDY; SOCIOECONOMICS; STATISTICAL MODEL; STATISTICS; UNITED STATES; URBAN POPULATION;

ADULT; BATTERED WOMEN; CASE-CONTROL STUDIES; FEMALE; HOMICIDE; HUMANS; LOGISTIC MODELS; MIDDLE AGED; RISK FACTORS; SOCIOECONOMIC FACTORS; SPOUSE ABUSE; UNITED STATES; URBAN POPULATION;

EID: 0043245833     PISSN: 00900036     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2105/AJPH.93.7.1089     Document Type: Article

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