Experience of violence and socioeconomic position in South Africa: A national study

PLoS ONE

Volumn 2, Issue 12, 2007, Pages

  Doolan, Katherine ^a,b   Ehrlich, Rodney ^a,c   Myer, Landon ^a,c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CAPE TOWN   (South Africa)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^c Columbia University ^*  (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ARTICLE; CHILD; CONTROLLED STUDY; DEMOGRAPHY; DOMESTIC VIOLENCE; EDUCATIONAL STATUS; EMPLOYMENT STATUS; FEMALE; HUMAN; INFANT; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MORTALITY; RISK ASSESSMENT; RISK FACTOR; SOCIAL BEHAVIOR; SOCIAL STATUS; SOCIAL STRUCTURE; SOCIOECONOMICS; SOUTH AFRICA; VIOLENCE; MIDDLE AGED; NEWBORN; PRESCHOOL CHILD; SOCIAL CLASS;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; FEMALE; HUMANS; INFANT; INFANT, NEWBORN; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; SOCIAL CLASS; SOUTH AFRICA; VIOLENCE;

EID: 44949234938     PISSN: None     EISSN: 19326203     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0001290     Document Type: Article

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