Risk Factors for Severe Intimate Partner Violence and Violence-Related Injuries Among Women in India

Women and Health

Volumn 54, Issue 4, 2014, Pages 281-300

  Sabri, Bushra ^a   Renner, Lynette M ^b   Stockman, Jamila K ^c   Mittal, Mona ^d   Decker, Michele R ^e  

^a JOHNS HOPKINS UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF NURSING   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MINNESOTA   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA SAN DIEGO   (United States)

^d UNIVERSITY OF ROCHESTER   (United States)

^e JOHNS HOPKINS BLOOMBERG SCHOOL OF PUBLIC HEALTH   (United States)

Author keywords

India; injuries; intimate partner; physical violence; women

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ARTICLE; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY; FAMILY SIZE; FEMALE; HEALTH SURVEY; HUMAN; HUMAN RELATION; INDIA; INJURIES; INJURY; INJURY SCALE; INTIMATE PARTNER; MARRIAGE; MIDDLE AGED; PARTNER VIOLENCE; PHYSICAL VIOLENCE; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; RISK FACTOR; RURAL POPULATION; SEXUALITY; SOCIOECONOMICS; SPOUSE; STATISTICAL MODEL; STATISTICS; URBAN POPULATION; YOUNG ADULT;

INDIA; INJURIES; INTIMATE PARTNER; PHYSICAL VIOLENCE; WOMEN;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; FAMILY CHARACTERISTICS; FEMALE; HEALTH SURVEYS; HUMANS; INDIA; INJURY SEVERITY SCORE; INTERPERSONAL RELATIONS; LOGISTIC MODELS; MARRIAGE; MIDDLE AGED; RISK FACTORS; RURAL POPULATION; SEXUAL PARTNERS; SOCIOECONOMIC FACTORS; SPOUSE ABUSE; SPOUSES; URBAN POPULATION; WOUNDS AND INJURIES; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84900852554     PISSN: 03630242     EISSN: 15410331     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/03630242.2014.896445     Document Type: Article

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