Effects of domestic violence on perinatal and early childhood mortality: Evidence from North India

American Journal of Public Health

Volumn 96, Issue 8, 2006, Pages 1423-1428

  Ahmed, Saifuddin ^a   Koenig, Michael A ^a   Stephenson, Rob ^b  

^a JOHNS HOPKINS BLOOMBERG SCHOOL OF PUBLIC HEALTH   (United States)

^b EMORY UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ARTICLE; CHILDHOOD MORTALITY; DOMESTIC VIOLENCE; FEMALE; HUMAN; INDIA; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MATERNAL BEHAVIOR; PERINATAL MORTALITY; PREVALENCE; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; RISK ASSESSMENT; RISK FACTOR; SOCIOECONOMICS; STATISTICAL SIGNIFICANCE; SURVIVAL; CAUSE OF DEATH; CHILD CARE; FAMILY SIZE; INFANT; INFANT MORTALITY; MALE; NEWBORN; PARTNER VIOLENCE; PREGNANCY; PRESCHOOL CHILD; PROPORTIONAL HAZARDS MODEL; RURAL POPULATION; STATISTICS; STILLBIRTH;

CAUSE OF DEATH; CHILD MORTALITY; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; DOMESTIC VIOLENCE; FAMILY CHARACTERISTICS; FEMALE; HUMANS; INDIA; INFANT; INFANT CARE; INFANT MORTALITY; INFANT, NEWBORN; MALE; PREGNANCY; PREVALENCE; PROPORTIONAL HAZARDS MODELS; RISK ASSESSMENT; RISK FACTORS; RURAL POPULATION; SPOUSE ABUSE; STILLBIRTH; SURVIVAL ANALYSIS;

EID: 33746760577     PISSN: 00900036     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2105/AJPH.2005.066316     Document Type: Article

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