Physical violence against intimate partners and related exposures to violence among South African men

CMAJ. Canadian Medical Association Journal

Volumn 179, Issue 6, 2008, Pages 535-541

  Gupta, Jhumka ^a,b   Silverman, Jay G ^b   Hemenway, David ^b   Acevedo Garcia, Dolores ^b   Stein, Dan J ^c   Williams, David R ^b  

^a YALE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b HARVARD SCHOOL OF PUBLIC HEALTH   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF CAPE TOWN   (South Africa)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; CHILD ABUSE; COMMUNITY; CONFIDENCE INTERVAL; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY; FAMILY VIOLENCE; HUMAN; LOGISTIC REGRESSION ANALYSIS; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MARRIED MAN; PARENT; PARTNER VIOLENCE; RISK ASSESSMENT; SOUTH AFRICA; VIOLENCE;

EID: 51649109649     PISSN: 08203946     EISSN: 14882329     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1503/cmaj.071655     Document Type: Article

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