Effect of Type and Severity of Intimate Partner Violence on Women's Health and Service Use: Findings From a Primary Care Trial of Women Afraid of Their Partners

Journal of Interpersonal Violence

Volumn 28, Issue 2, 2013, Pages 273-294

  Hegarty, Kelsey L ^a   O'Doherty, Lorna J ^a   Chondros, Patty ^a   Valpied, Jodie ^a   Taft, Angela J ^b   Astbury, Jill ^c   Brown, Stephanie J ^d   Gold, Lisa ^e   Taket, Ann ^e   Feder, Gene S ^f   Gunn, Jane M ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MELBOURNE   (Australia)

^b LA TROBE UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

^c MONASH UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

^d MURDOCH CHILDREN'S RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (Australia)

^e DEAKIN UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

^f UNIVERSITY OF BRISTOL   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

anything related to domestic violence; assessment; domestic violence; intervention treatment

Indexed keywords

EID: 84871529722     PISSN: 08862605     EISSN: 15526518     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/0886260512454722     Document Type: Article

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