Increased gender-based violence among women internally displaced in mississippi 2 years post-Hurricane Katrina

Disaster Medicine and Public Health Preparedness

Volumn 3, Issue 1, 2009, Pages 18-26

  Anastario, Michael ^a   Lawry, Lynn ^b   Shehab, Nadine ^c  

^a University of the Health Sciences   (United States)

^b International Health Division   (United States)

^c JOHNS HOPKINS BLOOMBERG SCHOOL OF PUBLIC HEALTH   (United States)

Author keywords

Gender based violence; Hurricane Katrina; Internally displaced people; Women's health

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; BATTERED WOMAN; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY; CYCLONE; DOMESTIC VIOLENCE; FEMALE; HUMAN; MALE; REFUGEE; RISK; STATISTICS; UNITED STATES; WOMEN'S HEALTH;

ADULT; BATTERED WOMEN; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; CYCLONES; DOMESTIC VIOLENCE; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MISSISSIPPI; ODDS RATIO; REFUGEES; WOMEN'S HEALTH;

EID: 67649305311     PISSN: 19357893     EISSN: 193844X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/DMP.0b013e3181979c32     Document Type: Article

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