Intimate partner physical violence among women in Shimelba refugee camp, northern Ethiopia

BMC Public Health

Volumn 12, Issue 1, 2012, Pages

  Feseha, Girmatsion ^a   Gmariam, Abebe ^b   Gerbaba, Mulusew ^b  

^a MEKELLE UNIVERSITY   (Ethiopia)

^b JIMMA UNIVERSITY   (Ethiopia)

Author keywords

Ethiopia; Intimate partner violence; Refugee camp; Risk factors

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ARTICLE; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY; ETHIOPIA; ETHNOLOGY; FEMALE; HUMAN; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; REFUGEE; RISK FACTOR; SEXUALITY; STATISTICAL MODEL; VIOLENCE;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; ETHIOPIA; FEMALE; HUMANS; LOGISTIC MODELS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; REFUGEES; RISK FACTORS; SEXUAL PARTNERS; VIOLENCE; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84857846520     PISSN: None     EISSN: 14712458     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1186/1471-2458-12-125     Document Type: Article

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