Mortality of women from intimate partner violence in South Africa: A national epidemiological study

Violence and Victims

Volumn 24, Issue 4, 2009, Pages 546-556

  Abrahams, Naeemah ^a   Jewkes, Rachel ^a   Martin, Lorna J ^b   Mathews, Shanaaz ^a   Vetten, Lisa ^c   Lombard, Carl ^a  

^a SOUTH AFRICAN MEDICAL RESEARCH COUNCIL   (South Africa)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CAPE TOWN   (South Africa)

^c Tswaranang Legal Advocacy Centre   (South Africa)

Author keywords

Female homicide; Femicide; Intimate partner violence; South Africa

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ARTICLE; ASPHYXIA; AUTOPSY; BLUNT TRAUMA; ETHNIC GROUP; FEMALE; FORENSIC PATHOLOGY; GENDER; HOMICIDE; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MORTALITY; PARTNER VIOLENCE; POLICE; RACE DIFFERENCE; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; SOUTH AFRICA; STRANGULATION; UNITED STATES; VICTIM;

EID: 67749143784     PISSN: 08866708     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1891/0886-6708.24.4.546     Document Type: Article

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