Intimate partner violence and help-seeking - A cross-sectional study of women in Sweden

BMC Public Health

Volumn 13, Issue 1, 2013, Pages

  Dufort, Mariana ^a,b   Gumpert, Clara Hellner ^a,b   Stenbacka, Marlene ^a  

^a KAROLINSKA INSTITUTE   (Sweden)

^b STOCKHOLM COUNTY COUNCIL   (Sweden)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; BATTERED WOMAN; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY; EPIDEMIOLOGY; FEMALE; HUMAN; HUMAN RELATION; PARTNER VIOLENCE; PATIENT ATTITUDE; PREVALENCE; QUESTIONNAIRE; SEXUALITY; STATISTICAL MODEL; STATISTICS AND NUMERICAL DATA; SWEDEN; WOMEN'S HEALTH;

ADULT; BATTERED WOMEN; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; FEMALE; HUMANS; INTERPERSONAL RELATIONS; LOGISTIC MODELS; PATIENT ACCEPTANCE OF HEALTH CARE; PREVALENCE; QUESTIONNAIRES; SEXUAL PARTNERS; SPOUSE ABUSE; SWEDEN; WOMEN'S HEALTH;

EID: 84884341238     PISSN: None     EISSN: 14712458     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1186/1471-2458-13-866     Document Type: Article

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