An exploratory study on the consequences and contextual factors of intimate partner violence among immigrant and Canadian-born women

BMJ Open

Volumn 2, Issue 6, 2012, Pages

  Du Mont, Janice ^a   Forte, Tonia ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TORONTO   (Canada)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY; DEMOGRAPHY; DEPRESSION; EMOTIONAL ABUSE; EXPLORATORY RESEARCH; FEMALE; HEALTH SURVEY; HUMAN; IMMIGRANT; INTIMACY; LANGUAGE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; PARTNER VIOLENCE; POPULATION RESEARCH; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; RACISM; SEXUAL ABUSE; SLEEP DISORDER; SOCIAL SUPPORT; TRUST;

EID: 84871036183     PISSN: None     EISSN: 20446055     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1136/bmjopen-2012-001728     Document Type: Article

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