Female victimization and intimate partner violence after the May 12, 2008, Sichuan earthquake

Violence and Victims

Volumn 26, Issue 3, 2011, Pages 364-376

  Chan, Ko Ling ^a   Zhang, Yulian ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF HONG KONG   (Hong Kong)

^b SHANGHAI NORMAL UNIVERSITY   (China)

Author keywords

Chinese; Earthquake; Intimate partner violence; Trauma

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGGRESSION; ARTICLE; CHINA; EARTHQUAKE; ENVIRONMENTAL EXPOSURE; FAMILY RELATION; FEMALE; HEALTH STATUS; HOSPITALIZATION; HUMAN; HUMAN RELATION; MIDDLE AGED; PARTNER VIOLENCE; PREVALENCE; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; SELF DISCLOSURE; SOCIOECONOMICS; STATISTICS; VICTIM; WOMEN'S HEALTH;

ADULT; AGGRESSION; CHINA; CRIME VICTIMS; EARTHQUAKES; ENVIRONMENTAL EXPOSURE; FAMILY RELATIONS; FEMALE; HEALTH STATUS; HUMANS; INTERPERSONAL RELATIONS; MIDDLE AGED; PREVALENCE; SELF DISCLOSURE; SEVERITY OF ILLNESS INDEX; SOCIOECONOMIC FACTORS; SPOUSE ABUSE; WOMEN'S HEALTH; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 80051609328     PISSN: 08866708     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1891/0886-6708.26.3.364     Document Type: Article

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