Comparisons of intimate partner violence among partners in same-sex and opposite-sex relationships in the United States

American Journal of Public Health

Volumn 99, Issue 12, 2009, Pages 2182-2184

  Blosnich, John R ^a   Bossarte, Robert M ^b,c  

^a WEST VIRGINIA UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b DEPARTMENT OF VETERANS AFFAIRS   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF ROCHESTER MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; COMPARATIVE STUDY; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY; FEMALE; HEALTH STATUS; HETEROSEXUALITY; HOMOSEXUALITY; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PARTNER VIOLENCE; PREVALENCE; UNITED STATES;

ADULT; FEMALE; HEALTH STATUS; HOMOSEXUALITY, FEMALE; HOMOSEXUALITY, MALE; HUMANS; MALE; ODDS RATIO; PREVALENCE; SELF CONCEPT; SPOUSE ABUSE; UNITED STATES;

EID: 72249090275     PISSN: 00900036     EISSN: 15410048     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2105/AJPH.2008.139535     Document Type: Article

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