Weapons in the lives of battered women

American Journal of Public Health

Volumn 94, Issue 8, 2004, Pages 1412-1417

  Sorenson, Susan B ^a   Wiebe, Douglas J ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; BATTERED WOMAN; FEMALE; FIREARM; HOUSEHOLD; HUMAN; INTERVIEW; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MARRIAGE; PARTNER VIOLENCE; THREAT; WEAPON;

EID: 3442899904     PISSN: 00900036     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2105/AJPH.94.8.1412     Document Type: Article

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