History of domestic violence and physical health in midlife

Violence Against Women

Volumn 12, Issue 8, 2006, Pages 715-731

  Loxton, Deborah ^a   Schofield, Margot ^b,c   Hussain, Rafat ^d   Mishra, Gita ^e  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NEWCASTLE   (Australia)

^b LA TROBE UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

^c Psychotherapy and Counselling Federation of Australia   (Australia)

^d UNIVERSITY OF NEW ENGLAND   (Australia)

^e MEDICAL RESEARCH COUNCIL   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Domestic violence; Intimate partner violence; Women's health

Indexed keywords

ANAMNESIS; ARTICLE; AUSTRALIA; BATTERED WOMAN; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY; FEMALE; HEALTH STATUS; HEALTH SURVEY; HUMAN; MENTAL HEALTH; MIDDLE AGED; PARTNER VIOLENCE; PREVALENCE; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; QUESTIONNAIRE; SOCIOECONOMICS; STATISTICS; WOMEN'S HEALTH;

AUSTRALIA; BATTERED WOMEN; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; FEMALE; HEALTH STATUS; HEALTH STATUS INDICATORS; HUMANS; MEDICAL HISTORY TAKING; MENTAL HEALTH; MIDDLE AGED; PREVALENCE; QUESTIONNAIRES; SOCIOECONOMIC FACTORS; SPOUSE ABUSE; WOMEN'S HEALTH;

EID: 33746089188     PISSN: 10778012     EISSN: 15528448     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/1077801206291483     Document Type: Article

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