Empirically examining the risk of intimate partner violence: The revised domestic violence screening instrument (DVSI-R)

Public Health Reports

Volumn 121, Issue 4, 2006, Pages 400-408

  Williams, Kirk R ^a   Grant, Stephen R ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^b Judicial Branch   (United States)

Author keywords

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Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DEMOGRAPHY; DOMESTIC VIOLENCE; DOMESTIC VIOLENCE SCREENING INSTRUMENT; EMPIRICAL RESEARCH; FEMALE; HUMAN; LOGISTIC REGRESSION ANALYSIS; MALE; MEDICAL LITERATURE; PARTNER VIOLENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RISK ASSESSMENT; SCORING SYSTEM; SCREENING; VICTIM; ADULT; AGE; ETHNOLOGY; INFORMATION PROCESSING; MASS SCREENING; METHODOLOGY; PSYCHOMETRY; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; REPRODUCIBILITY; ROC CURVE; SEX DIFFERENCE; STATISTICS; UNITED STATES;

ADULT; AGE FACTORS; CONNECTICUT; DATA COLLECTION; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MASS SCREENING; PSYCHOMETRICS; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS; RISK ASSESSMENT; ROC CURVE; SEX FACTORS; SPOUSE ABUSE;

EID: 33746528297     PISSN: 00333549     EISSN: 00333549     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/003335490612100408     Document Type: Article

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