Symptoms associated with pregnancy complications along the thai-burma border: The role of conflict violence and intimate partner violence

Maternal and Child Health Journal

Volumn 18, Issue 1, 2014, Pages 29-37

  Falb, Kathryn L ^a   McCormick, Marie C ^b   Hemenway, David ^b   Anfinson, Katherine ^c   Silverman, Jay G ^d  

^a YALE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b HARVARD SCHOOL OF PUBLIC HEALTH   (United States)

^c American Refugee Committee   (United States)

^d UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA SAN DIEGO   (United States)

Author keywords

Burma; Intimate partner violence; Maternal morbidity; Pregnancy complications; Refugee

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ARTICLE; CRIME VICTIM; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY; ETHNOLOGY; FEMALE; HEALTH SURVEY; HUMAN; HUMAN RIGHTS ABUSE; MIDDLE AGED; MULTIVARIATE ANALYSIS; MYANMAR; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; PREGNANCY; PREGNANCY COMPLICATION; REFUGEE; SEXUAL CRIME; SEXUALITY; STATISTICS; THAILAND; VIOLENCE; WAR; YOUNG ADULT;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; CRIME VICTIMS; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; FEMALE; HEALTH SURVEYS; HUMAN RIGHTS ABUSES; HUMANS; MIDDLE AGED; MULTIVARIATE ANALYSIS; MYANMAR; PREGNANCY; PREGNANCY COMPLICATIONS; REFUGEES; SEX OFFENSES; SEXUAL PARTNERS; THAILAND; VIOLENCE; WAR; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84892569802     PISSN: 10927875     EISSN: 15736628     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10995-013-1230-0     Document Type: Article

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