Pathways of chronic pain in survivors of intimate partner violence

Journal of Women's Health

Volumn 19, Issue 9, 2010, Pages 1665-1674

  Wuest, Judith ^a   Ford Gilboe, Marilyn ^b   Merritt Gray, Marilyn ^a   Wilk, Piotr ^c   Campbell, Jacquelyn C ^d   Lent, Barbara ^c   Varcoe, Colleen ^e   Smye, Victoria ^e  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NEW BRUNSWICK   (Canada)

^b UNIVERSITY OF WESTERN ONTARIO   (Canada)

^c WESTERN UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

^d JOHNS HOPKINS UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^e UNIVERSITY OF BRITISH COLUMBIA   (Canada)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; ASSAULT; CHILD; CHILD ABUSE; CHRONIC PAIN; DISEASE SEVERITY; FEMALE; HEALTH CARE DELIVERY; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; PARTNER VIOLENCE; POSTTRAUMATIC STRESS DISORDER; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SURVIVOR; SYMPTOM; WOMEN'S HEALTH;

ADULT; BATTERED WOMEN; CHILD; CHILD ABUSE; CHRONIC PAIN; DEPRESSION; FEMALE; HUMANS; MIDDLE AGED; MODELS, PSYCHOLOGICAL; SPOUSE ABUSE; STRESS DISORDERS, POST-TRAUMATIC; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 77956373186     PISSN: 15409996     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1089/jwh.2009.1856     Document Type: Article

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