Intimate-partner homicide among pregnant and postpartum women

Obstetrics and Gynecology

Volumn 115, Issue 6, 2010, Pages 1181-1186

  Cheng, Diana ^a   Horon, Isabelle L ^a  

^a MARYLAND DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND MENTAL HYGIENE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AFRICAN AMERICAN; AGE DISTRIBUTION; ARTICLE; BIRTH CERTIFICATE; CAUSE OF DEATH; CONTROLLED STUDY; DEATH CERTIFICATE; EDUCATION; FEMALE; FIREARM; HIGH RISK PATIENT; HOME; HOMICIDE; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MARRIED WOMAN; MEDICAL RECORD REVIEW; PARTNER VIOLENCE; PREGNANCY; PREGNANT WOMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PUBLICATION; PUERPERIUM; SINGLE WOMAN; UNITED STATES;

ADULT; AFRICAN AMERICANS; EUROPEAN CONTINENTAL ANCESTRY GROUP; FEMALE; HOMICIDE; HUMANS; MARYLAND; POSTPARTUM PERIOD; PREGNANCY; PREGNANCY TRIMESTER, FIRST; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; SPOUSE ABUSE; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 77953016903     PISSN: 00297844     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/AOG.0b013e3181de0194     Document Type: Article

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