Screening for domestic violence among adult women in the United States

Journal of General Internal Medicine

Volumn 22, Issue 5, 2007, Pages 579-584

  Klap, Ruth ^a,e   Tang, Lingqi ^a   Wells, Kenneth ^a,b,c,d   Starks, Sarah L ^a   Rodriguez, Michael ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^b RAND CORPORATION   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^d UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^e UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

Domestic violence; Intimate partner violence; Screening

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CONFIDENCE INTERVAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; DEMOGRAPHY; DOMESTIC VIOLENCE; FEMALE; HEALTH CARE PERSONNEL; HEALTH SURVEY; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MASS SCREENING; MENTAL HEALTH; PREDICTION; PRIMARY MEDICAL CARE; SELF REPORT; UNITED STATES; WOMEN'S HEALTH; COMPARATIVE STUDY; METHODOLOGY; MIDDLE AGED;

ADULT; DOMESTIC VIOLENCE; FEMALE; HEALTH PERSONNEL; HUMANS; MASS SCREENING; MIDDLE AGED; UNITED STATES;

EID: 34250353976     PISSN: 08848734     EISSN: 15251497     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s11606-006-0097-9     Document Type: Article

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