Spousal violence and potentially preventable single and recurrent spontaneous fetal loss in an African setting: cross-sectional study

The Lancet

Volumn 373, Issue 9660, 2009, Pages 318-324

  Alio, Amina P ^a   Nana, Philip N ^b   Salihu, Hamisu M ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SOUTH FLORIDA   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF YAOUNDÉ I   (Cameroon)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AFRICA; ARTICLE; DEMOGRAPHY; DOMESTIC VIOLENCE; FEMALE; FETUS WASTAGE; HEALTH SURVEY; HUMAN; PARTNER VIOLENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RECURRENT DISEASE; RISK ASSESSMENT;

EID: 58249130301     PISSN: 01406736     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0140-6736(09)60096-9     Document Type: Article

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