The role of neighborhood environment and risk of intimate partner femicide in a large urban area

American Journal of Public Health

Volumn 98, Issue 8, 2008, Pages 1473-1479

  Frye, Victoria ^a   Galea, Sandro ^b   Tracy, Melissa ^b   Bucciarelli, Angela ^c   Putnam, Sara ^c   Wilt, Susan ^c  

^a NEW YORK ACADEMY OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MICHIGAN   (United States)

^c NONE

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ARTICLE; BIRTH; ENVIRONMENTAL FACTOR; FEMALE; HOMICIDE; HUMAN; INCOME; INTIMATE PARTNER FEMICIDE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MORTALITY; RISK FACTOR; SOCIAL ASPECT; SOCIAL PROBLEM; URBAN AREA;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; CASE-CONTROL STUDIES; DATABASES, FACTUAL; EMIGRATION AND IMMIGRATION; ETHNIC GROUPS; FEMALE; HOMICIDE; HUMANS; INTERPERSONAL RELATIONS; NEW YORK CITY; PRINCIPAL COMPONENT ANALYSIS; RESIDENCE CHARACTERISTICS; RISK FACTORS; SOCIAL ENVIRONMENT; SPOUSE ABUSE; URBAN POPULATION; WOMEN'S HEALTH;

EID: 48749091348     PISSN: 00900036     EISSN: 15410048     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2105/AJPH.2007.112813     Document Type: Article

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