Prevalence of intimate partner violence among women presenting to an urban adult and paediatric emergency care department

New Zealand Medical Journal

Volumn 117, Issue 1206, 2004, Pages

  Koziol McLain, Jane ^a   Gardiner, Julie ^b   Batty, Pam ^b   Rameka, Maria ^a   Fyfe, Elaine ^a   Giddings, Lynne ^a  

^a AUCKLAND UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (New Zealand)

^b MIDDLEMORE HOSPITAL   (New Zealand)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ABUSE; ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ADULTHOOD; AGED; ARTICLE; CLINICAL PROTOCOL; CULTURAL FACTOR; EMERGENCY HEALTH SERVICE; FEMALE; HEALTH CARE PERSONNEL; HEALTH CARE UTILIZATION; HIGH RISK POPULATION; HUMAN; INTERVIEW; LIFESPAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; PARTNER VIOLENCE; PATIENT ATTITUDE; PEDIATRIC HOSPITAL; PREVALENCE; RISK ASSESSMENT; SAFETY; SCREENING TEST; URBAN AREA; HOSPITAL; MIDDLE AGED; NEW ZEALAND; STATISTICS;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; EMERGENCY SERVICE, HOSPITAL; FEMALE; HOSPITALS, URBAN; HUMANS; MIDDLE AGED; NEW ZEALAND; PREVALENCE; SPOUSE ABUSE;

EID: 16644387523     PISSN: 11758716     EISSN: 11758716     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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