Intimate partner violence during pregnancy: Analysis of prevalence data from 19 countries

Reproductive Health Matters

Volumn 18, Issue 36, 2010, Pages 158-170

  Devries, Karen M ^a   Kishor, Sunita ^b   Johnson, Holly ^c   Stöckl, Heidi ^a   Bacchus, Loraine J ^a   Garcia Moreno, Claudia ^d   Watts, Charlotte ^a  

^a LONDON SCHOOL OF HYGIENE AND TROPICAL MEDICINE   (United Kingdom)

^b Measure DHS   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF OTTAWA   (Canada)

^d WORLD HEALTH ORGANIZATION   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

Intimate partner violence; Maternal health; Pregnancy

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AFRICA; AGE DISTRIBUTION; ARTICLE; ASIA; EUROPE; FEMALE; GEOGRAPHIC DISTRIBUTION; HEALTH SURVEY; HUMAN; INTIMATE PARTNER VIOLENCE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MATERNAL WELFARE; PARTNER VIOLENCE; PREGNANCY; PRENATAL CARE; PREVALENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SOUTH AND CENTRAL AMERICA; TREND STUDY;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; DOMESTIC VIOLENCE; FEMALE; HUMANS; INTERNATIONALITY; INTERPERSONAL RELATIONS; INTERVIEWS AS TOPIC; MATERNAL WELFARE; MIDDLE AGED; PREGNANCY; SEXUAL PARTNERS; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 78649394690     PISSN: 09688080     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0968-8080(10)36533-5     Document Type: Article

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