Intimate partner violence, abortion, and unintended pregnancy: Results from the WHO Multi-country Study on Women's Health and Domestic Violence

International Journal of Gynecology and Obstetrics

Volumn 120, Issue 1, 2013, Pages 3-9

  Pallitto, Christina C ^a   García Moreno, Claudia ^a   Jansen, Henrica A F M ^b   Heise, Lori ^c   Ellsberg, Mary ^d   Watts, Charlotte ^c  

^a WORLD HEALTH ORGANIZATION   (Switzerland)

^b UNFPA Pacific Sub Regional Office   (Fiji)

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

^d GEORGE WASHINGTON UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Abortion; Domestic violence; Intimate partner violence; Unintended pregnancy

Indexed keywords

ABORTION; ARTICLE; ATTRIBUTABLE RISK; BANGLADESH; BRAZIL; EDUCATION; ETHIOPIA; FEMALE; HEALTH HAZARD; HUMAN; INDUCED ABORTION; JAPAN; LOWEST INCOME GROUP; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MATERNAL WELFARE; MONTENEGRO (REPUBLIC); NAMIBIA; PARITY; PARTNER VIOLENCE; PERU; PREGNANT WOMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REPRODUCTIVE HEALTH; RISK FACTOR; SAMOA; SERBIA; SOCIAL STATUS; SPONTANEOUS ABORTION; STILLBIRTH; TANZANIA; THAILAND; UNPLANNED PREGNANCY; UNWANTED PREGNANCY;

EID: 84871720098     PISSN: 00207292     EISSN: 18793479     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ijgo.2012.07.003     Document Type: Article

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