Invisible Victims: Same-Sex TPV in the National Violence Against Women Survey

Journal of Interpersonal Violence

Volumn 26, Issue 11, 2011, Pages 2228-2243

  Messinger, Adam M ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

and bisexual; domestic violence; gay; intimate partner violence; lesbian; same sex; sexual orientation

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; BATTERED WOMAN; DOMESTIC VIOLENCE; FEMALE; HEALTH SURVEY; HUMAN; HUMAN RELATION; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; RISK FACTOR; SEXUALITY; STATISTICAL MODEL; STATISTICS; UNITED STATES;

ADULT; AGED; BATTERED WOMEN; DOMESTIC VIOLENCE; FEMALE; HEALTH SURVEYS; HUMANS; INTERPERSONAL RELATIONS; LOGISTIC MODELS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; RISK FACTORS; SEXUAL PARTNERS; SEXUALITY; UNITED STATES;

EID: 79959460533     PISSN: 08862605     EISSN: 15526518     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/0886260510383023     Document Type: Article

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