Interpersonal violence as risk factor for women's sexually transmitted infection and reproductive health consequences in India: A community based study

Journal of Public Health (Germany)

Volumn 20, Issue 4, 2012, Pages 399-403

  Mahapatro, Meerambika ^a,b   Gupta, R N ^a   Gupta, Vinay ^b,c   Kundu, A S ^b  

^a National Institute of Health and Family Welfare   (India)

^b INDIAN COUNCIL OF MEDICAL RESEARCH   (India)

^c Health Related Information Dissemination Amongst Youth HRIDAY   (India)

Author keywords

Domestic Violence; Interpersonal violence; Reproductive health; Sexually transmitted infection

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ADVERSE OUTCOME; ARTICLE; CONTRACEPTION; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY; FEMALE; HELP SEEKING BEHAVIOR; HUMAN; INDIA; INTIMATE PARTNER VIOLENCE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MULTICENTER STUDY; PARTNER VIOLENCE; PREVALENCE; REPRODUCTIVE HEALTH; RISK FACTOR; SEXUAL CRIME; SEXUALLY TRANSMITTED DISEASE; VIOLENCE;

EID: 84863982859     PISSN: 09431853     EISSN: 16132238     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10389-011-0455-x     Document Type: Article

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