Self-reported exposure to intimate partner violence among women and men in Sweden: Results from a population-based survey

BMC Public Health

Volumn 13, Issue 1, 2013, Pages

  Nybergh, Lotta ^a,b   Taft, Charles ^a   Enander, Viveka ^b,c   Krantz, Gunilla ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF GOTHENBURG   (Sweden)

^b The Västra Götaland Competence Centre on Intimate Partner Violence   (Sweden)

^c UNIVERSITY OF GOTHENBURG   (Sweden)

Author keywords

Intimate partner violence; Men; Sweden; WHO VAW instrument; Women

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGE; ARTICLE; BATTERED WOMAN; COMPARATIVE STUDY; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY; FEMALE; HUMAN; INCIDENCE; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MULTIVARIATE ANALYSIS; PARTNER VIOLENCE; PSYCHOLOGY; QUESTIONNAIRE; RISK ASSESSMENT; SELF REPORT; SEXUAL BEHAVIOR; SEXUAL CRIME; SEXUALITY; SOCIOECONOMICS; STATISTICAL MODEL; STATISTICS; SWEDEN; YOUNG ADULT;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGE FACTORS; BATTERED WOMEN; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; FEMALE; HUMANS; INCIDENCE; LOGISTIC MODELS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MULTIVARIATE ANALYSIS; PSYCHOLOGY; QUESTIONNAIRES; RISK ASSESSMENT; SELF REPORT; SEX OFFENSES; SEXUAL BEHAVIOR; SEXUAL PARTNERS; SOCIOECONOMIC FACTORS; SPOUSE ABUSE; SWEDEN; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84884625311     PISSN: None     EISSN: 14712458     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1186/1471-2458-13-845     Document Type: Article

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