Sexual assault patterns among women with and without disabilities seeking survivor services

Women's Health Issues

Volumn 16, Issue 6, 2006, Pages 372-379

  Nannini, Angela ^a  

^a NORTHEASTERN UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; BIVARIATE ANALYSIS; COGNITIVE DEFECT; CONTROLLED STUDY; DISABILITY; FEMALE; FINANCIAL MANAGEMENT; HELP SEEKING BEHAVIOR; HISTORY; HUMAN; LOGISTIC REGRESSION ANALYSIS; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MENTAL DEFICIENCY; SEXUAL CRIME; SURVIVOR; UNITED STATES;

ADULT; AGED; BATTERED WOMEN; COMMUNITY HEALTH SERVICES; DISABLED PERSONS; FEMALE; HEALTH SERVICES ACCESSIBILITY; HEALTH SERVICES NEEDS AND DEMAND; HUMANS; MASSACHUSETTS; MIDDLE AGED; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; SURVIVORS; WOMEN'S HEALTH SERVICES;

EID: 33845587792     PISSN: 10493867     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.whi.2006.10.001     Document Type: Article

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