Victims of violence among Indigenous mothers living with dependent children

Medical Journal of Australia

Volumn 191, Issue 9, 2009, Pages 481-485

  Cripps, Kyllie ^a   Bennett, Catherine M ^a,b   Gurrin, Lyle C ^a   Studdert, David M ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MELBOURNE   (Australia)

^b DEAKIN UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ARTICLE; AUSTRALIA; CONTROLLED STUDY; DEMOGRAPHY; FEMALE; HOUSEHOLD; HUMAN; INDIGENOUS PEOPLE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MATERNAL AGE; PREVALENCE; SELF REPORT; VIOLENCE; WOMEN'S RIGHTS; ABORIGINE; DOMESTIC VIOLENCE; ETHNOLOGY; HEALTH SURVEY; INTERVIEW; MIDDLE AGED; MOTHER; STATISTICS;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AUSTRALIA; DOMESTIC VIOLENCE; FEMALE; HEALTH SURVEYS; HUMANS; INTERVIEWS AS TOPIC; MIDDLE AGED; MOTHERS; OCEANIC ANCESTRY GROUP; PREVALENCE; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 73349128767     PISSN: 0025729X     EISSN: 13265377     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.5694/j.1326-5377.2009.tb02909.x     Document Type: Article

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