Intimate partner abuse factors associated with women's health: A general population study

Journal of Advanced Nursing

Volumn 65, Issue 7, 2009, Pages 1452-1462

  Svavarsdottir, Erla Kolbrun ^a   Orlygsdottir, Brynja ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ICELAND   (Iceland)

Author keywords

General population; Health symptoms; Intimate partner abuse; Public health nursing; Questionnaire; Woman Abuse Screening Tool (WAST); Women's health

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; BATTERED WOMAN; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY; FEMALE; HEALTH STATUS; HIGH RISK BEHAVIOR; HUMAN; ICELAND; MIDDLE AGED; PARTNER VIOLENCE; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; QUESTIONNAIRE; WOMEN'S HEALTH;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; BATTERED WOMEN; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; FEMALE; HEALTH STATUS; HUMANS; ICELAND; MIDDLE AGED; QUESTIONNAIRES; RISK-TAKING; SPOUSE ABUSE; WOMEN'S HEALTH; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 66749109380     PISSN: 03092402     EISSN: 13652648     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-2648.2009.05006.x     Document Type: Article

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