Acceptability of domestic violence against women in the European Union: A multilevel analysis

Journal of Epidemiology and Community Health

Volumn 60, Issue 2, 2006, Pages 123-129

  Gracia, Enrique ^a   Herrero, Juan ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF VALENCIA   (Spain)

^b UNIVERSITY OF OVIEDO   (Spain)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

FEMALE; LIVING STANDARD; SOCIAL CHARACTERISTICS; VIOLENCE;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ARTICLE; ATTITUDE; BATTERED WOMAN; CORRELATION ANALYSIS; EMPOWERMENT; EUROPEAN UNION; FEMALE; GENDER; HOME; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; LOGISTIC REGRESSION ANALYSIS; MALE; NORMAL HUMAN; PARTNER VIOLENCE; PROBABILITY; SOCIAL ENVIRONMENT; VICTIM;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ATTITUDE TO HEALTH; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; DOMESTIC VIOLENCE; EUROPEAN UNION; FEMALE; HUMANS; LOGISTIC MODELS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; QUESTIONNAIRES; SOCIAL PERCEPTION;

EURASIA; EUROPE; EUROPEAN UNION;

EID: 31144443262     PISSN: 0143005X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1136/jech.2005.036533     Document Type: Article

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