Women’s Use of Violence with Male Intimate Partners

Violence against Women in Families and Relationships: Volume 1 - 4

Volumn 1-4, Issue , 2009, Pages 47-67

  Swan, Suzanne C ^a   Caldwell, Jennifer E ^a   Sullivan, Tami P ^b   Snow, David L ^c,d  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SOUTH CAROLINA   (United States)

^b YALE UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^c YALE UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^d Department of Psychiatry ^*  (United States)

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