Men's exposure to human rights violations and relations with perpetration of intimate partner violence in South Africa

Journal of Epidemiology and Community Health

Volumn 66, Issue 6, 2012, Pages

  Gupta, Jhumka ^a   Reed, Elizabeth ^b   Kelly, Jocelyn ^c   Stein, Dan J ^d   Williams, David R ^e  

^a YALE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b GEORGE WASHINGTON UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c HARVARD UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^d UNIVERSITY OF CAPE TOWN   (South Africa)

^e HARVARD SCHOOL OF PUBLIC HEALTH   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

APARTHEID; DATA INTERPRETATION; GENDER ISSUE; GOVERNANCE APPROACH; HEALTH SURVEY; HUMAN RIGHTS; MALE; MENTAL HEALTH; POLITICAL CONFLICT; PUBLIC HEALTH; QUESTIONNAIRE SURVEY; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; VIOLENCE;

SOUTH AFRICA;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ARTICLE; CRIME; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY; DOMESTIC VIOLENCE; FEMALE; HUMAN; HUMAN RIGHTS; LEGAL ASPECT; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; SOUTH AFRICA; STATISTICAL MODEL;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; CRIME; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; DOMESTIC VIOLENCE; FEMALE; HUMAN RIGHTS; HUMANS; LOGISTIC MODELS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; SOUTH AFRICA; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84863723841     PISSN: 0143005X     EISSN: 14702738     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1136/jech.2010.112300     Document Type: Article

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