Intimate Partner Violence Against Older Women in Germany: Prevalence and Associated Factors

Journal of Interpersonal Violence

Volumn 27, Issue 13, 2012, Pages 2545-2564

  Stöckl, Heidi ^a   Watts, Charlotte ^a   Penhale, Bridget ^b  

^a LONDON SCHOOL OF HYGIENE AND TROPICAL MEDICINE   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF EAST ANGLIA   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

battered women; elder abuse; predicting domestic violence

Indexed keywords

ADDICTION; ADULT; AGE; AGED; ARTICLE; ATTITUDE TO HEALTH; BATTERED WOMAN; CHILD ABUSE; COMORBIDITY; DEMOGRAPHY; FEMALE; GERMANY; HUMAN; HUMAN RELATION; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PARTNER VIOLENCE; PREVALENCE; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; SEXUALITY; STATISTICS; WOMEN'S HEALTH;

ADULT; ADULT SURVIVORS OF CHILD ABUSE; AGE FACTORS; AGED; ATTITUDE TO HEALTH; BATTERED WOMEN; COMORBIDITY; FEMALE; GERMANY; HUMANS; INTERPERSONAL RELATIONS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PREVALENCE; RESIDENCE CHARACTERISTICS; SEXUAL PARTNERS; SPOUSE ABUSE; SUBSTANCE-RELATED DISORDERS; WOMEN'S HEALTH;

EID: 84865054345     PISSN: 08862605     EISSN: 15526518     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/0886260512436390     Document Type: Article

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