Pregnant women after physical and sexual abuse in Germany

Gynecologic and Obstetric Investigation

Volumn 68, Issue 2, 2009, Pages 82-87

  Jundt, Katharina ^a   Haertl, Kristin ^a   Knobbe, Angelika ^a   Kaestner, Ralph ^a   Friese, Klaus ^a   Peschers, Ursula M ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MUNICH   (Germany)

^b Center for Pelvic Floor Reconstruction ^*  (Germany)

Author keywords

Physical abuse; Pregnancy; Sexual abuse; Symptoms of depression

Indexed keywords

ABUSE; ADULT; ANAMNESIS; ANXIETY; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DEPRESSION; FEMALE; GERMANY; GESTATIONAL AGE; HAPPINESS; HOSPITAL ANXIETY AND DEPRESSION SCALE; HUMAN; LONELINESS; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; OBSTETRIC CARE; OUTPATIENT DEPARTMENT; PARTNER VIOLENCE; PHYSICAL ABUSE; PHYSICAL STRESS; PREGNANCY; PREGNANT WOMAN; PRENATAL CARE; PREVALENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PSYCHOLOGIC ASSESSMENT; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; QUESTIONNAIRE; SAFETY; SCORING SYSTEM; SEXUAL ABUSE; VISUAL ANALOG SCALE;

ANXIETY; BATTERED WOMEN; DEPRESSION; FAMILY; FEMALE; GERMANY; HUMANS; MALE; MEDICAL HISTORY TAKING; PARENTS; PREGNANCY; PRENATAL CARE; QUESTIONNAIRES; SEX OFFENSES;

EID: 65449165665     PISSN: 03787346     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1159/000215931     Document Type: Article

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