Domestic violence: Do we know how violence affects the health of its victims?;Violencia doméstica: ¿Conocemos los efectos de la violencia sobre la salud de las víctimas?

Atencion Primaria

Volumn 34, Issue 3, 2004, Pages 125-127

  Fernandez Alonso M C ^a  

^a Primary Care Center Casa del Barco   (Spain)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ABUSE; BATTERED WOMAN; CHILD ABUSE; DOMESTIC VIOLENCE; HEALTH; INJURY; MENTAL DISEASE; NOTE; PSYCHOLOGIC ABUSE; SEXUAL ABUSE; SOCIAL ABUSE; SUICIDE; VICTIM; VIOLENCE; HUMAN; MENTAL HEALTH; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; STATISTICS;

CRIME VICTIMS; DOMESTIC VIOLENCE; HUMANS; MENTAL HEALTH;

EID: 4243088029     PISSN: 02126567     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1157/13064521     Document Type: Note

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