The effect of spousal violence on women's health: Findings from the Stree Arogya Shodh in Goa, India

Journal of Postgraduate Medicine

Volumn 54, Issue 4, 2008, Pages 306-312

  Chowdhary, N ^a   Patel, V ^a,b  

^a London School of Hygiene and Tropical Medicine ^*

^b LONDON SCHOOL OF HYGIENE AND TROPICAL MEDICINE   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Cohort; Depression; Domestic violence; Family violence; India; Sexually transmitted disease; Suicide; Women

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ANEMIA; CONFERENCE PAPER; CONTROLLED STUDY; DEPRESSION; FEMALE; GYNECOLOGIC DISEASE; HEALTH CENTER; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; INDIA; LABORATORY TEST; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; PARTNER VIOLENCE; RISK FACTOR; SEXUAL ABUSE; SEXUALLY TRANSMITTED DISEASE; STRUCTURED INTERVIEW; SUICIDE ATTEMPT; VERBAL HOSTILITY; WOMEN'S HEALTH;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; BATTERED WOMEN; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; DEPRESSION; DOMESTIC VIOLENCE; FEMALE; HUMANS; INDIA; LOGISTIC MODELS; LONGITUDINAL STUDIES; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MULTIVARIATE ANALYSIS; PREVALENCE; QUESTIONNAIRES; RISK FACTORS; SEXUALLY TRANSMITTED DISEASES; SOCIOECONOMIC FACTORS; SPOUSE ABUSE; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 55549124213     PISSN: 00223859     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.4103/0022-3859.43514     Document Type: Conference Paper

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