Prevalence and associations of partner abuse in women attending Russian general practice

Family Practice

Volumn 27, Issue 6, 2010, Pages 625-631

  Lokhmatkina, Natalia V ^a   Kuznetsova, Olga Yu ^a   Feder, Gene S ^b  

^a NORTH WESTERN STATE MEDICAL UNIVERSITY NAMED AFTER I I MECHNIKOV   (Russian Federation)

^b UNIVERSITY OF BRISTOL   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Domestic violence; General practice; Primary care

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; COMPOSITE ABUSE SCALE; DIVORCE; DOMESTIC VIOLENCE; GENERAL PRACTICE; GENERAL PRACTITIONER; MARRIAGE; NON INVASIVE MEASUREMENT; PARTNER VIOLENCE; PATIENT ATTITUDE; PRIMARY MEDICAL CARE; RUSSIAN FEDERATION; SOCIAL ASPECT;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGE FACTORS; AGED; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; FEMALE; GENERAL PRACTICE; HUMANS; LOGISTIC MODELS; MARITAL STATUS; MIDDLE AGED; MULTIVARIATE ANALYSIS; PREVALENCE; RUSSIA; SEX OFFENSES; SPOUSE ABUSE; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 78649376597     PISSN: 02632136     EISSN: 14602229     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/fampra/cmq044     Document Type: Article

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