Domestic violence against people with disabilities: Prevalence and trend analyses

Research in Developmental Disabilities

Volumn 31, Issue 6, 2010, Pages 1264-1268

  Lin, Jin Ding ^a   Lin, Lan Ping ^a   Lin, Pei Ying ^a   Wu, Jia Lin ^b   Li, Chien De ^a   Kuo, Fang Yu ^a  

^a NATIONAL DEFENSE MEDICAL CENTER   (Taiwan)

^b Chung Hua Foundation for Persons with Intellectual Disabilities   (Taiwan)

Author keywords

Domestic violence; People with disabilities; Violence

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; DOMESTIC VIOLENCE; DYSPHONIA; FEMALE; HEARING DISORDER; HUMAN; INTELLECTUAL IMPAIRMENT; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; POPULATION RISK; PREVALENCE; PSYCHOSIS; SPEECH DISORDER; TAIWAN; TREND STUDY; VICTIM; VISUAL DISORDER;

DISABLED PERSONS; DOMESTIC VIOLENCE; FEMALE; HEARING DISORDERS; HUMANS; MALE; MENTAL RETARDATION; PREVALENCE; PSYCHOTIC DISORDERS; SPEECH DISORDERS; TAIWAN; VISION DISORDERS;

EID: 77957135954     PISSN: 08914222     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ridd.2010.07.018     Document Type: Article

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