Factors associated with spousal physical violence in Albania: Cross sectional study

British Medical Journal

Volumn 331, Issue 7510, 2005, Pages 197-201

  Burazeri, Gene ^a,b   Roshi, Enver ^a,b,c   Jewkes, Rachel ^d   Jordan, Susanne ^e   Bjegovic, Vesna ^f,g   Laaser, Ulrich ^g,h  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TIRANA   (Albania)

^b Epidemiology and Research Methods   (Serbia)

^c Aragon Government Health Department   (Serbia)

^d SOUTH AFRICAN MEDICAL RESEARCH COUNCIL   (South Africa)

^e Federal Centre for Health Education   (Serbia)

^f UNIVERSITY OF BELGRADE   (Serbia)

^g Department of Social Medicine ^*  (Serbia)

^h BIELEFELD UNIVERSITY   (Germany)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGE; AGED; ALBANIA; ARTICLE; CHILD ABUSE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DRUNKENNESS; EDUCATION; EMPLOYMENT; FEMALE; HUMAN; INCOME; JEALOUSY; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MARRIAGE; MULTIVARIATE LOGISTIC REGRESSION ANALYSIS; PARTNER VIOLENCE; PREVALENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUESTIONNAIRE; RELIGION; RURAL AREA; SOCIAL ASPECT;

EID: 22844443133     PISSN: 09598146     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1136/bmj.331.7510.197     Document Type: Article

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