The association between length of stay in Canada and intimate partner violence among immigrant women

American Journal of Public Health

Volumn 96, Issue 4, 2006, Pages 654-659

  Hyman, Ilene ^a,b,c   Forte, Tonia ^a,b,c   Du Mont, Janice ^a,b,c   Romans, Sarah ^a,b,c   Cohen, Marsha M ^a,b,c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TORONTO   (Canada)

^b SUNNYBROOK RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (Canada)

^c UNIVERSITY OF TORONTO   (Canada)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; CANADA; FEMALE; HUMAN; IMMIGRANT; IMMIGRATION; LENGTH OF STAY; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MULTIVARIATE LOGISTIC REGRESSION ANALYSIS; PARTNER VIOLENCE; REVIEW; TELEPHONE; VIOLENCE;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; CANADA; CONTINENTAL POPULATION GROUPS; EMIGRATION AND IMMIGRATION; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; SOCIOECONOMIC FACTORS; SPOUSE ABUSE;

EID: 33645463535     PISSN: 00900036     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2105/AJPH.2004.046409     Document Type: Review

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