Violence involving intimate partners: Prevalence in Canadian family practice

Canadian Family Physician

Volumn 53, Issue 3, 2007, Pages 460-468

  Ahmad, Farah ^a,e   Hogg Johnson, Sheilah ^b   Stewart, Donna E ^c   Levinson, Wendy ^d  

^a Centre for Research on Inner City Health   (Canada)

^b Institute of Work and Health

^c UNIVERSITY HEALTH NETWORK   (Canada)

^d UNIVERSITY OF TORONTO   (Canada)

^e ST MICHAEL'S HOSPITAL   (Canada)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; FAMILY ATTITUDE; FEMALE; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; PARTNER VIOLENCE; PREVALENCE; SCREENING; SELF REPORT; SEXUAL ABUSE;

EID: 34047234224     PISSN: 0008350X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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