Detection of domestic violence against women. Survey in a primary health care clinic;Violencia domestica contra la mujer. Una encuesta en consultorios de atencion primaria

Medicina

Volumn 64, Issue 6, 2004, Pages 492-496

  Pontecorvo, Carla ^a   Mejia, Raul ^a,c   Aleman, Maria ^a   Vidal, Alfredo ^a   Majdalani, Maria Pia ^a   Fayanas, Roberto ^a   Fernandez, Alicia ^b   Perez Stable, Eliseo J ^b  

^a UNIVERSIDAD DE BUENOS AIRES   (Argentina)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^c NONE   (Argentina)

Author keywords

Ambulatory care; Domestic violence; Gender; Physicians; Primary health care

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARGENTINA; ARTICLE; CHILD SEXUAL ABUSE; CLINICAL EXAMINATION; CONTROLLED STUDY; DATA ANALYSIS; DIAGNOSTIC VALUE; DOMESTIC VIOLENCE; EDUCATION; FEMALE; HEALTH CARE ORGANIZATION; HEALTH SURVEY; HUMAN; INTERVIEW; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; OUTPATIENT DEPARTMENT; PHYSICIAN; PREVALENCE; PRIMARY HEALTH CARE; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; QUESTIONNAIRE; RANDOMIZATION; SELF REPORT; SENSITIVITY ANALYSIS; SPAIN; BATTERED WOMAN; CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; MIDDLE AGED; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; STATISTICS;

ADULT; AMBULATORY CARE FACILITIES; ARGENTINA; BATTERED WOMEN; DOMESTIC VIOLENCE; FEMALE; HUMANS; MIDDLE AGED; PREVALENCE; PRIMARY HEALTH CARE; QUESTIONNAIRES;

EID: 12344291126     PISSN: 00257680     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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