Experiences of intimate partner violence and related injuries among women in Yokohama, Japan

American Journal of Public Health

Volumn 97, Issue 2, 2007, Pages 232-234

  Yoshihama, Mieko ^a   Horrocks, Julie ^b   Kamano, Saori ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MICHIGAN   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF GUELPH   (Canada)

^c NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF POPULATION AND SOCIAL SECURITY RESEARCH   (Japan)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; FAMILY VIOLENCE; FEMALE; HEALTH HAZARD; HETEROSEXUALITY; HUMAN; INJURY; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MARRIAGE; QUESTIONNAIRE; SEXUAL CRIME; SEXUAL INTERCOURSE; SOCIOECONOMICS; WORLD HEALTH ORGANIZATION; ADOLESCENT; AGE DISTRIBUTION; BATTERED WOMAN; CLASSIFICATION; HEALTH SURVEY; JAPAN; LEGAL ASPECT; MIDDLE AGED; PARTNER VIOLENCE; POLICY; PREVALENCE; PROBABILITY; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; SEXUALITY; STATISTICS;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGE DISTRIBUTION; BATTERED WOMEN; FEMALE; HEALTH SURVEYS; HUMANS; JAPAN; MARRIAGE; MIDDLE AGED; PREVALENCE; PROBABILITY; PUBLIC POLICY; QUESTIONNAIRES; SEXUAL PARTNERS; SPOUSE ABUSE; WOUNDS AND INJURIES;

EID: 33846910036     PISSN: 00900036     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2105/AJPH.2005.078113     Document Type: Article

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