Rates of femicide in women of different races, ethnicities, and places of birth: Massachusetts, 1993-2007

Journal of Interpersonal Violence

Volumn 26, Issue 5, 2011, Pages 1077-1090

  Azziz Baumgartner, Eduardo ^a   McKeown, Loreta ^b   Melvin, Patrice ^b   Dang, Quynh ^b   Reed, Joan ^a  

^a HARVARD MEDICAL SCHOOL   (United States)

^b MASSACHUSETTS DEPARTMENT OF PUBLIC HEALTH   (United States)

Author keywords

domestic violence and cultural contexts; predicting domestic violence; sexual assault and domestic violence

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AFRICAN AMERICAN; AGED; ARTICLE; CAUCASIAN; ETHNIC GROUP; ETHNOLOGY; FEMALE; HISPANIC; HOMICIDE; HUMAN; HUMAN RELATION; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MORTALITY; PARTNER VIOLENCE; RISK FACTOR; SOCIAL CLASS; STATISTICS; UNITED STATES; VICTIM; WOMEN'S HEALTH;

ADULT; AFRICAN AMERICANS; AGED; CRIME VICTIMS; ETHNIC GROUPS; EUROPEAN CONTINENTAL ANCESTRY GROUP; FEMALE; HISPANIC AMERICANS; HOMICIDE; HUMANS; INTERPERSONAL RELATIONS; MALE; MASSACHUSETTS; MIDDLE AGED; RISK FACTORS; SOCIAL CLASS; SPOUSE ABUSE; WOMEN'S HEALTH; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 79952259332     PISSN: 08862605     EISSN: 15526518     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/0886260510365856     Document Type: Article

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