Intimate partner violence and symptoms of reproductive tract infections among married Indian women

International Journal of Gynecology and Obstetrics

Volumn 121, Issue 3, 2013, Pages 218-223

  Winter, Amy ^a   Stephenson, Rob ^b  

^a PRINCETON UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b EMORY UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

India; Intimate partner violence; Reproductive tract infection; Sexually transmitted infection; Violence; Women

Indexed keywords

CONTRACEPTIVE AGENT;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ARTICLE; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY; DEMOGRAPHY; EDUCATION; FEMALE; FEMALE GENITAL TRACT INFECTION; GYNECOLOGIC DISEASE; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; PARTNER VIOLENCE; PHYSICAL ABUSE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SEXUAL ABUSE; SOCIAL STATUS; VERBAL HOSTILITY;

EID: 84876903111     PISSN: 00207292     EISSN: 18793479     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ijgo.2012.12.018     Document Type: Article

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