Association between adolescent marriage and marital violence among young adult women in India

International Journal of Gynecology and Obstetrics

Volumn 110, Issue 1, 2010, Pages 35-39

  Raj, Anita ^a,b   Saggurti, Niranjan ^c   Lawrence, Danielle ^a   Balaiah, Donta ^d   Silverman, Jay G ^e  

^a BOSTON UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b BOSTON UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^c POPULATION COUNCIL   (India)

^d NATIONAL INSTITUTE FOR RESEARCH IN REPRODUCTIVE HEALTH   (India)

^e HARVARD SCHOOL OF PUBLIC HEALTH   (United States)

Author keywords

Adolescent marriage; India; Intimate partner violence; Marital violence

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADOLESCENT MARRIAGE; ADULT; ADULTHOOD; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DEMOGRAPHY; DOMESTIC VIOLENCE; EDUCATION; FAMILY HEALTH; FEMALE; HUMAN; INDIA; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MARRIAGE; PARTNER VIOLENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RISK FACTOR; VICTIM; AGE; BATTERED WOMAN; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY; EPIDEMIOLOGY; INFORMATION PROCESSING; MIDDLE AGED; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; STATISTICS AND NUMERICAL DATA; YOUNG ADULT;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGE FACTORS; BATTERED WOMEN; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; DATA COLLECTION; FEMALE; HUMANS; INDIA; MARRIAGE; MIDDLE AGED; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; SPOUSE ABUSE; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 77953024237     PISSN: 00207292     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ijgo.2010.01.022     Document Type: Article

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