Prevalence and determinants of intimate partner violence in Babol city, Islamic Republic of Iran

Eastern Mediterranean Health Journal

Volumn 11, Issue 5-6, 2005, Pages 870-879

  Faramarzi, M ^a   Esmailzadeh, S ^a   Mosavi, S ^a  

^a BABOL UNIVERSITY OF MEDICAL SCIENCES   (Iran)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ACADEMIC ACHIEVEMENT; AGE; AGGRESSION; ARTICLE; COUNSELING; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; EMPOWERMENT; FEMALE; HUMAN; IRAN; LOWEST INCOME GROUP; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MARRIAGE; MARRIED WOMAN; MASS SCREENING; MULTIVARIATE LOGISTIC REGRESSION ANALYSIS; PARITY; PARTNER VIOLENCE; PREDICTION; PREGNANCY; PREVALENCE; RISK REDUCTION; RURAL AREA; SEXUAL ABUSE; UNEMPLOYMENT;

ADULT; ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; EDUCATIONAL STATUS; EMPLOYMENT; FEMALE; HEALTH SERVICES NEEDS AND DEMAND; HEALTH SURVEYS; HOUSING; HUMANS; IRAN; MASS SCREENING; MULTIVARIATE ANALYSIS; OWNERSHIP; PARITY; POPULATION SURVEILLANCE; PREGNANCY; PREVALENCE; QUESTIONNAIRES; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; RESIDENCE CHARACTERISTICS; RISK ASSESSMENT; RISK FACTORS; SOCIOECONOMIC FACTORS; SPOUSE ABUSE; URBAN HEALTH;

EID: 33744801696     PISSN: 10203397     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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