Interpersonal violence in three Caribbean countries: Barbados, Jamaica, and Trinidad and Tobago

Revista Panamericana de Salud Publica/Pan American Journal of Public Health

Volumn 24, Issue 6, 2008, Pages 409-421

  Le Franc, Elsie ^a   Samms Vaughan, Maureen ^a   Hambleton, Ian ^a   Fox, Kristin ^a   Brown, Dennis ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF THE WEST INDIES   (Jamaica)

^b UNIVERSITY OF THE WEST INDIES   (Trinidad and Tobago)

Author keywords

Adolescent; Adult; Aggression; Barbados; Domestic violence; Jamaica; Sexual violence; Trinidad and tobago

Indexed keywords

AGGRESSION; COMPARATIVE STUDY; SEXUAL CONFLICT; VIOLENCE; WOMENS STATUS;

ATLANTIC ISLANDS; ATLANTIC OCEAN; BARBADOS; CARIBBEAN ISLANDS; GREATER ANTILLES; JAMAICA; LESSER ANTILLES; TRINIDAD AND TOBAGO;

EID: 61849114603     PISSN: 10204989     EISSN: 16805348     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1590/S1020-49892008001200005     Document Type: Article

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