Intimate partner violence and abuse among female nurses and nursing personnel: Prevalence and risk factors

Issues in Mental Health Nursing

Volumn 31, Issue 2, 2010, Pages 137-148

  Bracken, Michele Irene ^a   Messing, Jill Theresa ^b   Campbell, Jacquelyn C ^c   La Flair, Lareina N ^c   Kub, Joan ^c  

^a SALISBURY UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b ARIZONA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c JOHNS HOPKINS UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADDICTION; ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; DOMESTIC VIOLENCE; FEMALE; HOSPITAL; HUMAN; MIDDLE AGED; NURSE; PARTNER VIOLENCE; PREVALENCE; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; RISK FACTOR; SEXUALITY; STATISTICS; UNITED STATES;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; DOMESTIC VIOLENCE; FEMALE; HOSPITALS; HUMANS; MID-ATLANTIC REGION; MIDDLE AGED; NURSES; PREVALENCE; RISK FACTORS; SEXUAL PARTNERS; SPOUSE ABUSE; SUBSTANCE-RELATED DISORDERS; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 75149174814     PISSN: 01612840     EISSN: 10964673     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3109/01612840903470609     Document Type: Article

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