Understanding women's heightened risk of violence in common-law unions: Revisiting the selection and relationship hypotheses

Violence Against Women

Volumn 10, Issue 6, 2004, Pages 626-651

  Brownridge, Douglas A ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MANITOBA   (Canada)

Author keywords

Cohabitation; Risk of violence

Indexed keywords

EID: 2542583237     PISSN: 10778012     EISSN: 15528448     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/1077801204265017     Document Type: Article

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