Domestic abuse in pregnancy: Results from a phone survey in Northern Israel

Israel Medical Association Journal

Volumn 5, Issue 1, 2003, Pages 35-39

  Fisher, Menachem ^c   Yassour Borochowitz, Dalit ^a   Neter, Efrat ^b  

^a Academic College of Emek Yezreel   (Israel)

^b RUPPIN ACADEMIC CENTER   (Israel)

^c NONE

Author keywords

Domestic abuse; Physical assault; Predictors; Pregnancy

Indexed keywords

ECONOMIC AND SOCIAL EFFECTS; RISK ASSESSMENT; SOCIAL ASPECTS;

PHYSICAL ATTACKS;

HEALTH CARE;

ABDOMEN; ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CALCULATION; COMPARATIVE STUDY; CONTROLLED STUDY; CULTURAL FACTOR; DEMOGRAPHY; DOMESTIC VIOLENCE; FEMALE; GENERAL PRACTITIONER; HEALTH CENTER; HEALTH SURVEY; HUMAN; HUMAN RELATION; ISRAEL; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; OBSTETRIC CARE; PARTNER VIOLENCE; PERSUASIVE COMMUNICATION; PREDICTION; PREGNANCY; PREVALENCE; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; QUESTIONNAIRE; RELIGION; RISK FACTOR; SEXUAL ABUSE; SOCIAL STATUS; TELEPHONE; WORK;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; FEMALE; HEALTH SURVEYS; HUMANS; ISRAEL; MIDDLE AGED; PREGNANCY; PREVALENCE; QUESTIONNAIRES; RISK FACTORS; SOCIOECONOMIC FACTORS; SPOUSE ABUSE; TELEPHONE;

EID: 0347297603     PISSN: 15651088     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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