Premigration exposure to political violence and perpetration of intimate partner violence among immigrant men in Boston

American Journal of Public Health

Volumn 99, Issue 3, 2009, Pages 462-469

  Gupta, Jhumka ^a,b   Acevedo Garcia, Dolores ^b   Hemenway, David ^b   Decker, Michele R ^b   Raj, Anita ^c   Silverman, Jay G ^b  

^a YALE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b HARVARD SCHOOL OF PUBLIC HEALTH   (United States)

^c BOSTON UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF PUBLIC HEALTH   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; HEALTH CENTER; HEALTH SURVEY; HUMAN; IMMIGRANT; MALE; MIGRATION; PARTNER VIOLENCE; POLITICS; RISK ASSESSMENT; UNITED STATES; VIOLENCE; ADOLESCENT; COMMUNITY CARE; CONFIDENCE INTERVAL; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY; DOMESTIC VIOLENCE; MENTAL STRESS; PREVALENCE; QUESTIONNAIRE; RISK; RISK FACTOR; STATISTICS; TIME;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; BOSTON; COMMUNITY HEALTH SERVICES; CONFIDENCE INTERVALS; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; DOMESTIC VIOLENCE; EMIGRANTS AND IMMIGRANTS; HUMANS; MALE; ODDS RATIO; POLITICS; PREVALENCE; QUESTIONNAIRES; RISK FACTORS; STRESS, PSYCHOLOGICAL; TIME FACTORS; VIOLENCE; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 61549126871     PISSN: 00900036     EISSN: 15410048     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2105/AJPH.2007.120634     Document Type: Article

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