Men's and women's exposure and perpetration of partner violence: An epidemiological study from Sweden

BMC Public Health

Volumn 12, Issue 1, 2012, Pages

  Lövestad, Solveig ^a   Krantz, Gunilla ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF GOTHENBURG   (Sweden)

Author keywords

Controlling behaviour; Intimate partner violence; Men; Risk factors; Sweden; Women

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; BEHAVIOR CONTROL; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY; FEMALE; HUMAN; HUMAN RELATION; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PARTNER VIOLENCE; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; QUESTIONNAIRE; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; RISK FACTOR; SOCIOECONOMICS; STATISTICS; SWEDEN; YOUNG ADULT;

ADULT; AGED; BEHAVIOR CONTROL; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; FEMALE; HUMANS; INTERPERSONAL RELATIONS; MALE; MEN; MIDDLE AGED; QUESTIONNAIRES; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; RISK FACTORS; SOCIOECONOMIC FACTORS; SPOUSE ABUSE; SWEDEN; WOMEN; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84871756148     PISSN: None     EISSN: 14712458     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1186/1471-2458-12-945     Document Type: Article

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