The effect of intimate partner violence and other forms of violence against women on health

Journal of Public Health

Volumn 33, Issue 1, 2011, Pages 15-21

  Vives Cases, Carmen ^a,b   Ruiz Cantero, Maria Teresa ^a,b,c   Escribà Agüir, Vicenta ^b,d   Miralles, Juan José ^e  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ALICANTE   (Spain)

^b CIBER EPIDEMIOLOGÍA Y SALUD PÚBLICA CIBERESP   (Spain)

^c Public Policies and Health Observatory   (Spain)

^d Centre for Public Health Research   (Spain)

^e MIGUEL HERNÁNDEZ UNIVERSITY   (Spain)

Author keywords

battered women; mental health; women health

Indexed keywords

ADAPTIVE BEHAVIOR; ADULT; ARTICLE; BACKACHE; CORONARY ARTERY DISEASE; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY; FEMALE; HEALTH DISPARITY; HEALTH STATUS; HEALTH SURVEY; HUMAN; MALE; MENTAL HEALTH; MENTAL STRESS; MIDDLE AGED; NECK PAIN; PARTNER VIOLENCE; PREVALENCE; PSYCHOLOGIC TEST; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; PUBLIC HEALTH; QUESTIONNAIRE; RISK FACTOR; SELF CONCEPT; SELF EVALUATION; SPAIN; SPOUSE; STATISTICAL MODEL; WOMEN'S HEALTH;

ADAPTATION, PSYCHOLOGICAL; ADULT; BACK PAIN; CORONARY ARTERY DISEASE; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; FEMALE; HEALTH STATUS; HEALTH STATUS DISPARITIES; HEALTH STATUS INDICATORS; HUMANS; INTERVIEW, PSYCHOLOGICAL; LOGISTIC MODELS; MALE; MENTAL HEALTH; MIDDLE AGED; NECK PAIN; PREVALENCE; PUBLIC HEALTH; QUESTIONNAIRES; RISK FACTORS; SELF CONCEPT; SELF-ASSESSMENT; SPAIN; SPOUSE ABUSE; SPOUSES; STRESS, PSYCHOLOGICAL; WOMEN'S HEALTH;

EID: 79952138340     PISSN: 17413842     EISSN: 17413850     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/pubmed/fdq101     Document Type: Article

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