Intimate partner and nonpartner violence against pregnant women in rural Haiti

International Journal of Gynecology and Obstetrics

Volumn 102, Issue 3, 2008, Pages 226-231

  Small, Maria J ^a   Gupta, Jhumka ^b   Frederic, Rikerdy ^c   Joseph, Gabriel ^d   Theodore, Melanie ^e   Kershaw, Trace ^b  

^a DUKE UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b YALE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c Hospital Albert Schweitzer   (Haïti)

^d UNIVERSITÉ DE MONTRÉAL   (Canada)

^e MEHARRY MEDICAL COLLEGE   (United States)

Author keywords

Haiti; Intimate partner violence; Maternal morbidity; Pregnancy

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; DISTRESS SYNDROME; FEMALE; HUMAN; INTERVIEW; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MATERNAL WELFARE; PARTNER VIOLENCE; PREGNANT WOMAN; PRENATAL CARE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PUBLIC HEALTH; RURAL HEALTH CARE; STATISTICAL SIGNIFICANCE; SYMPTOMATOLOGY;

EID: 49349096309     PISSN: 00207292     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ijgo.2008.05.008     Document Type: Article

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