Traumatic physical health consequences of intimate partner violence against women: what is the role of community-level factors?

BMC Women's Health

Volumn 11, Issue , 2011, Pages

  Antai, Diddy ^a,b  

^a The Angels Trust Nigeria   (Nigeria)

^b KAROLINSKA INSTITUTE   (Sweden)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGE; ARTICLE; BEHAVIOR CHANGE; BURN; COMMUNITY; EDUCATIONAL STATUS; FEMALE; HEALTH SURVEY; HUMAN; INJURY; INTIMATE PARTNER VIOLENCE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; NIGERIA; PARTNER VIOLENCE; RISK FACTOR; SKIN BRUISING; WOUND; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY; DEMOGRAPHY; FACTUAL DATABASE; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PREVALENCE; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; SEXUALITY; STATISTICS; WOMEN'S HEALTH;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGE FACTORS; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; DATABASES, FACTUAL; EDUCATIONAL STATUS; FEMALE; HEALTH SURVEYS; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NIGERIA; PREVALENCE; RESIDENCE CHARACTERISTICS; RISK FACTORS; SEXUAL PARTNERS; SPOUSE ABUSE; WOMEN'S HEALTH; WOUNDS AND INJURIES; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 83655197778     PISSN: None     EISSN: 14726874     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1186/1472-6874-11-56     Document Type: Article

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