Intimate partner violence and depression among women in rural Ethiopia: A cross-sectional study

Clinical Practice and Epidemiology in Mental Health

Volumn 5, Issue , 2009, Pages

  Deyessa, Negussie ^a   Berhane, Yemane ^a,b   Alem, Atalay ^c   Ellsberg, Mary ^d   Emmelin, Maria ^e   Hogberg, Ulf ^e   Kullgren, Gunnar ^e  

^a ADDIS ABABA UNIVERSITY   (Ethiopia)

^b ADDIS CONTINENTAL INSTITUTE OF PUBLIC HEALTH   (Ethiopia)

^c ADDIS ABABA UNIVERSITY   (Ethiopia)

^d INTERNATIONAL CENTER FOR RESEARCH ON WOMEN   (United States)

^e UMEÅ UNIVERSITY   (Sweden)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; CHILD SEXUAL ABUSE; COMPOSITE INTERNATIONAL DIAGNOSTIC INTERVIEW; CONTROLLED STUDY; CULTURAL FACTOR; DEPRESSION; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; EMOTION; ETHIOPIA; FEMALE; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; PARTNER VIOLENCE; PREVALENCE; PSYCHOTRAUMA; QUESTIONNAIRE; SOCIAL DOMINANCE; SOCIAL STATUS;

EID: 66949120028     PISSN: 17450179     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1186/1745-0179-5-8     Document Type: Article

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