Risks for abuse against pregnant Hispanic women: Morelos, Mexico and Los Angeles County, California

American Journal of Preventive Medicine

Volumn 25, Issue 4, 2003, Pages 325-332

  Castro, Roberto ^a,d   Peek Asa, Corinne ^b   García, Lorena ^c   Ruiz, Agustín ^a   Kraus, Jess F ^c  

^a INSTITUTO DE CIENCIAS FÍSICAS   (Mexico)

^b UNIVERSITY OF IOWA   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^d Ctro Reg Invest M   (Mexico)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; BATTERED WOMAN; BATTERING; COMPARATIVE STUDY; CONTROLLED STUDY; CULTURAL ANTHROPOLOGY; EMPLOYMENT; ETHNOLOGY; EXPERIENCE; FEMALE; HUMAN; INTERVIEW; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MEXICO; OUTPATIENT DEPARTMENT; PARTNER VIOLENCE; PREGNANCY; PREVALENCE; RISK ASSESSMENT; SAMPLE; SEXUAL ABUSE; SOCIOECONOMICS; UNITED STATES;

EID: 0242352662     PISSN: 07493797     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0749-3797(03)00211-3     Document Type: Article

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