Intimate partner violence against women in western Ethiopia: Prevalence, patterns, and associated factors

BMC Public Health

Volumn 11, Issue , 2011, Pages

  Abeya, Sileshi G ^a   Afework, Mesganaw F ^a   Yalew, Alemayehu W ^a  

^a ADDIS ABABA UNIVERSITY   (Ethiopia)

Author keywords

Factors; Intimate partner violence; Patterns; Prevalence; Women

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ARTICLE; BATTERED WOMAN; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY; ETHIOPIA; FEMALE; HUMAN; MIDDLE AGED; QUESTIONNAIRE; SEXUALITY; STATISTICAL MODEL; VIOLENCE;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; BATTERED WOMEN; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; ETHIOPIA; FEMALE; HUMANS; LOGISTIC MODELS; MIDDLE AGED; QUESTIONNAIRES; SEXUAL PARTNERS; VIOLENCE; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 83055168312     PISSN: None     EISSN: 14712458     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1186/1471-2458-11-913     Document Type: Article

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