Factors associated with domestic violence: A cross-sectional survey among women in Jeddah, Saudi Arabia

BMJ Open

Volumn 4, Issue 2, 2014, Pages

  Fageeh, Wafa M K ^a  

^a KING ABDUL AZIZ UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Saudi Arabia)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGE DISTRIBUTION; AGED; ALCOHOL CONSUMPTION; ARTICLE; BATTERED WOMAN; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY; DOMESTIC PARTNERSHIP; EDUCATIONAL STATUS; EMPLOYMENT STATUS; FAMILY ASSESSMENT; FEMALE; HEALTH SURVEY; HOSPITAL PATIENT; HUMAN; INCOME; KANSAS MARITAL SATISFACTION SCALE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MIDDLE AGED; NAMED INVENTORIES, QUESTIONNAIRES AND RATING SCALES; NORVOLD DOMESTIC ABUSE QUESTIONNAIRE; OCCUPATIONAL THERAPY ASSISTANT; OUTPATIENT DEPARTMENT; PHYSICAL ABUSE; PREGNANCY RISK ASSESSMENT MONITORING SYSTEM; PREVALENCE; PSYCHOLOGIST; SAUDI ARABIA; SMOKING; SOCIAL STATUS; TERTIARY CARE CENTER; YOUNG ADULT; DOMESTIC VIOLENCE; EPIDEMIOLOGY; QUESTIONNAIRE; RISK ASSESSMENT; RISK FACTOR; STATISTICS AND NUMERICAL DATA;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; DOMESTIC VIOLENCE; FEMALE; HUMANS; MIDDLE AGED; PREVALENCE; RISK ASSESSMENT; RISK FACTORS; SAUDI ARABIA; SURVEYS AND QUESTIONNAIRES;

EID: 84896865712     PISSN: None     EISSN: 20446055     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1136/bmjopen-2013-004242     Document Type: Article

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