Intimate partner violence associated with poor health outcomes in U.S. South Asian women

Journal of Immigrant and Minority Health

Volumn 8, Issue 3, 2006, Pages 251-261

  Himelfarb Hurwitz, Elizabeth J ^a   Gupta, Jhumka ^b   Liu, Rosalyn ^a   Silverman, Jay G ^b   Raj, Anita ^a  

^a BOSTON UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF PUBLIC HEALTH   (United States)

^b HARVARD SCHOOL OF PUBLIC HEALTH   (United States)

Author keywords

Battered women; Emigration and immigration; Intimate partner violence (IPV); South Asian American women; Women's health

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ANXIETY; ARTICLE; ASIAN AMERICAN; CONFIDENCE INTERVAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; DEMOGRAPHY; DEPRESSION; FEMALE; GEOGRAPHIC DISTRIBUTION; HEALTH SURVEY; HUMAN; IMMIGRATION; INTERVIEW; LOGISTIC REGRESSION ANALYSIS; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; NUTRITIONAL HEALTH; PARTNER VIOLENCE; POPULATION DISTRIBUTION; PREVALENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUALITATIVE ANALYSIS; QUANTITATIVE ANALYSIS; RISK ASSESSMENT; SOUTH ASIA; SUICIDAL IDEATION; UNITED STATES; VICTIM; WELLBEING;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; ASIA, SOUTHEASTERN; ASIA, WESTERN; ASIAN AMERICANS; BATTERED WOMEN; BOSTON; CRIME VICTIMS; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; FEMALE; HEALTH SURVEYS; HUMANS; INTERVIEWS; MIDDLE AGED; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT (HEALTH CARE); RISK ASSESSMENT; RISK FACTORS; SPOUSE ABUSE; TREATMENT OUTCOME; WOMEN'S HEALTH;

EID: 33745427193     PISSN: 15571912     EISSN: 15571920     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10903-006-9330-1     Document Type: Article

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