Physical and sexual assault of women with disabilities

Violence Against Women

Volumn 12, Issue 9, 2006, Pages 823-837

  Martin, Sandra L ^a   Ray, Neepa ^b   Sotres Alvarez, Daniela ^c   Kupper, Lawrence L ^a   Moracco, Kathryn E ^d   Dickens, Pamela A ^a   Scandlin, Donna ^a   Gizlice, Ziya ^e  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NORTH CAROLINA   (United States)

^b RHO INC   (United States)

^c INSTITUTO NACIONAL DE SALUD PÚBLICA   (Mexico)

^d PACIFIC INSTITUTE FOR RESEARCH AND EVALUATION   (United States)

^e State Center for Health Statistics   (United States)

Author keywords

Disabilities; Domestic violence; Physical assault; Rape; Sexual assault

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; BATTERED WOMAN; COMORBIDITY; CONFIDENCE INTERVAL; DISABLED PERSON; FEMALE; HUMAN; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PARTNER VIOLENCE; PREVALENCE; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; QUESTIONNAIRE; RISK; RISK FACTOR; SEXUALITY; STATISTICS; UNITED STATES; WOMEN'S HEALTH;

ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; BATTERED WOMEN; COMORBIDITY; CONFIDENCE INTERVALS; DISABLED PERSONS; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NORTH CAROLINA; ODDS RATIO; PREVALENCE; QUESTIONNAIRES; RISK FACTORS; SEXUAL PARTNERS; SPOUSE ABUSE; WOMEN'S HEALTH;

EID: 33747081336     PISSN: 10778012     EISSN: 15528448     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/1077801206292672     Document Type: Article

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