Intimate partner violence among women in slum communities in Bangkok, Thailand

Singapore Medical Journal

Volumn 48, Issue 8, 2007, Pages 763-768

  Aekplakorn, Wichai ^a   Kongsakon, R ^a  

^a MAHIDOL UNIVERSITY   (Thailand)

Author keywords

Abused women; Alcohol con sumption; Domestic violence; Partner violence; Slum communities; Women's health

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ALCOHOL CONSUMPTION; ARTICLE; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY; FEMALE; HUMAN; INCOME; INTERVIEW; LOGISTIC REGRESSION ANALYSIS; PARTNER VIOLENCE; PREVALENCE; RISK FACTOR; SOCIAL CLASS; TEACHER; THAILAND; ADOLESCENT; AGE; AGED; DRINKING BEHAVIOR; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; POVERTY; STATISTICS;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGE FACTORS; AGED; ALCOHOL DRINKING; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; FEMALE; HUMANS; INCOME; INTERVIEWS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; POVERTY; RISK FACTORS; SPOUSE ABUSE; THAILAND;

EID: 34748867753     PISSN: 00375675     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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