The Social Context of Woman-to-Woman Intimate Partner Abuse (WWIPA)

Journal of Family Violence

Volumn 27, Issue 7, 2012, Pages 635-645

  McDonald, Courtney ^a  

^a GEORGIA SOUTHWESTERN STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Childhood abuse; Heterosexism; Lesbian; Substance abuse

Indexed keywords

EID: 84866741033     PISSN: 08857482     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10896-012-9455-z     Document Type: Article

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