Association between exposure to political violence and intimate-partner violence in the occupied Palestinian territory: a cross-sectional study

The Lancet

Volumn 375, Issue 9711, 2010, Pages 310-316

  Clark, Cari Jo ^a   Everson Rose, Susan A ^a   Suglia, Shakira Franco ^c   Btoush, Rula ^d   Alonso, Alvaro ^b   Haj Yahia, Muhammad M ^e  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MINNESOTA MEDICAL SCHOOL   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MINNESOTA   (United States)

^c BOSTON UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^d UNIVERSITY OF MEDICINE AND DENTISTRY OF NEW JERSEY   (United States)

^e HEBREW UNIVERSITY OF JERUSALEM   (Israel)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ARTICLE; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; FEMALE; HEALTH SURVEY; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MARRIAGE; PALESTINE; PARTNER VIOLENCE; POLITICS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SPOUSE; VIOLENCE;

EID: 74549223023     PISSN: 01406736     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0140-6736(09)61827-4     Document Type: Article

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