Prevalence of physical and sexual abuse before and during pregnancy among Swedish couples

Acta Obstetricia et Gynecologica Scandinavica

Volumn 78, Issue 4, 1999, Pages 310-315

  Hedin, Lena Widding ^b   Grimstad, Hilde ^a   Moller, Anders ^c   Schei, Berit ^a   Janson, Per Olof ^c  

^a NORWEGIAN UNIVERSITY OF SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY   (Norway)

^b UNIVERSITY OF GOTHENBURG   (Sweden)

^c NONE

Author keywords

Antenatal clinics; Domestic violence; Pregnancy; Screening

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; COITUS; FAMILY VIOLENCE; FEMALE; FETUS; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; INTERVIEW; MARRIAGE; NORMAL HUMAN; PREGNANCY; PRENATAL CARE; PRENATAL SCREENING; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUESTIONNAIRE; SEXUAL ABUSE; SOCIOECONOMICS; SWEDEN; THREAT;

EID: 3042600038     PISSN: 00016349     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/j.1600-0412.1999.780407.x     Document Type: Article

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