Attending to the role of race/ethnicity in family violence research

Journal of Interpersonal Violence

Volumn 22, Issue 8, 2007, Pages 943-972

  Malley Morrison, Kathleen ^a   Hines, Denise A ^b  

^a BOSTON UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MASSACHUSETTS   (United States)

Author keywords

Ethnicity; Family violence; Race

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CULTURAL FACTOR; DOMESTIC VIOLENCE; ETHICS; ETHNIC GROUP; ETHNOLOGY; FEMALE; HUMAN; MALE; MEDICAL RESEARCH; PATIENT SELECTION; RACE; RISK FACTOR; SOCIAL PSYCHOLOGY; SOCIOECONOMICS; SOCIOLOGY; STATISTICS; UNITED STATES;

BIOMEDICAL RESEARCH; CONTINENTAL POPULATION GROUPS; CULTURAL CHARACTERISTICS; DOMESTIC VIOLENCE; ETHNIC GROUPS; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; PATIENT SELECTION; PREJUDICE; RISK FACTORS; SOCIOECONOMIC FACTORS; SOCIOLOGY, MEDICAL; UNITED STATES;

EID: 34547224005     PISSN: 08862605     EISSN: 15526518     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/0886260507303060     Document Type: Article

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