A cross-sectional analysis of women's mental health problems: Examining the association with different types of violence among a sample of Brazilian mothers

BMC Women's Health

Volumn 13, Issue 1, 2013, Pages

  Avanci, Joviana ^a   Assis, Simone ^a   Oliveira, Raquel ^b  

^a INSTITUTO OSWALDO CRUZ   (Brazil)

^b Funda??o Oswaldo Cruz   (Brazil)

Author keywords

Mental health; Violence; Women

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGGRESSION; ANXIETY; ARTICLE; BEHAVIOR DISORDER; CHILDHOOD DISEASE; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY; EDUCATION; FEAR; FEMALE; HAPPY PUPPET SYNDROME; HUMAN; INCOME; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MENTAL DISEASE; MENTAL HEALTH; PERSONAL EXPERIENCE; PHYSICAL ABUSE; SELF CONCEPT; SOCIOECONOMICS; WOMEN'S HEALTH;

ADULT; BRAZIL; CAUSALITY; COMORBIDITY; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; DOMESTIC VIOLENCE; FEMALE; HUMANS; LOGISTIC MODELS; LONGITUDINAL STUDIES; MENTAL DISORDERS; MENTAL HEALTH; MIDDLE AGED; MOTHERS; POVERTY; SEX OFFENSES; SOCIOECONOMIC FACTORS; VIOLENCE; WOMEN'S HEALTH; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84876111818     PISSN: None     EISSN: 14726874     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1186/1472-6874-13-20     Document Type: Article

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