Demographic risk factors in domestic violence among pregnant women in Uyo, a community in the Niger Delta region, Nigeria

Health Care for Women International

Volumn 31, Issue 10, 2010, Pages 891-901

  Abasiubong, Festus ^a   Abasiattai, Aniekan M ^a   Bassey, Emem A ^a   Ogunsemi, Olawale O ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF UYO   (Nigeria)

^b OLABISI ONABANJO UNIVERSITY   (Nigeria)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; BATTERED WOMAN; DEMOGRAPHY; DOMESTIC VIOLENCE; ETHNOLOGY; FEMALE; HUMAN; NIGERIA; PREGNANCY; PREGNANT WOMAN; PREVALENCE; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; RISK FACTOR; SOCIOECONOMICS; STATISTICS; TEACHING HOSPITAL;

ADULT; BATTERED WOMEN; DEMOGRAPHY; DOMESTIC VIOLENCE; FEMALE; HOSPITALS, TEACHING; HUMANS; NIGERIA; PREGNANCY; PREGNANT WOMEN; PREVALENCE; RESIDENCE CHARACTERISTICS; RISK FACTORS; SOCIOECONOMIC FACTORS; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 77956583452     PISSN: 07399332     EISSN: 10964665     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/07399332.2010.486882     Document Type: Article

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