Lifetime exposure to family violence: Implications for the health status of older African American women

Journal of Women's Health

Volumn 18, Issue 2, 2009, Pages 171-175

  Paranjape, Anuradha ^a,b   Sprauve Holmes, Nancy E ^b   Gaughan, John ^a   Kaslow, Nadine J ^c  

^a TEMPLE UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b Emory University School of Medicine ^*  (United States)

^c EMORY UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AFRICAN AMERICAN; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; EMPLOYMENT STATUS; FAMILY VIOLENCE; FEMALE; HEALTH STATUS; HUMAN; INTERVIEW; LONG TERM EXPOSURE; MEDICARE; MENTAL HEALTH; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SCORING SYSTEM; SHORT FORM 8; SOCIAL STATUS;

AFRICAN AMERICANS; AGED; DOMESTIC VIOLENCE; FEMALE; HEALTH STATUS; HUMANS; INTERVIEWS AS TOPIC; LOGISTIC MODELS; MIDDLE AGED; OUTPATIENT CLINICS, HOSPITAL; POVERTY; RISK FACTORS; SOUTHEASTERN UNITED STATES; URBAN POPULATION;

EID: 59349104374     PISSN: 15409996     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1089/jwh.2008.0850     Document Type: Article

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