Confronting intimate partner violence: A global health priority

Mount Sinai Journal of Medicine

Volumn 78, Issue 3, 2011, Pages 449-457

  Chibber, Karuna S ^a   Krishnan, Suneeta ^b,c,d  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^b RTI INTERNATIONAL   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^d ST JOHN'S NATIONAL ACADEMY OF HEALTH SCIENCES   (India)

Author keywords

global health; health care interventions; intimate partner violence

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; DEVELOPING COUNTRY; HEALTH CARE MANAGEMENT; HEALTH CARE PLANNING; HEALTH CARE POLICY; HEALTH CARE UTILIZATION; HEALTH PROGRAM; HUMAN; PARTNER VIOLENCE; PREVENTIVE MEDICINE; PUBLIC HEALTH SERVICE; REPRODUCTIVE HEALTH; SUSTAINABLE DEVELOPMENT; TOTAL QUALITY MANAGEMENT; UNITED STATES;

DELIVERY OF HEALTH CARE; FEMALE; HEALTH SERVICES; HUMANS; PUBLIC HEALTH; SPOUSE ABUSE; WORLD HEALTH;

EID: 79956361570     PISSN: 00272507     EISSN: 19317581     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/msj.20259     Document Type: Article

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