Social and immigration factors in intimate partner violence among Ecuadorians, Moroccans and Romanians living in Spain

European Journal of Public Health

Volumn 24, Issue 4, 2014, Pages 605-612

  Vives Cases, Carmen ^a,b   Torrubiano Domínguez, Jordi ^a,c   Gil González, Diana ^a,b   Parra, Daniel La ^a   Agudelo Suárez, Andrés A ^a,d   Davó, M Carmen ^a   Pérez Belda, M Carmen ^a   Martínez Román, Ma Asunción ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ALICANTE   (Spain)

^b CIBER EPIDEMIOLOGÍA Y SALUD PÚBLICA CIBERESP   (Spain)

^c MIGUEL HERNÁNDEZ UNIVERSITY   (Spain)

^d UNIVERSIDAD DE ANTIOQUIA   (Colombia)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY; ECUADOR; EPIDEMIOLOGY; ETHNOLOGY; FEMALE; HUMAN; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MIGRANT; MOROCCO; PARTNER VIOLENCE; PREVALENCE; PSYCHOLOGY; RISK; ROMANIA; SPAIN; STATISTICS AND NUMERICAL DATA; YOUNG ADULT;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; ECUADOR; EMIGRANTS AND IMMIGRANTS; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MOROCCO; ODDS RATIO; PREVALENCE; PSYCHOLOGY; ROMANIA; SPAIN; SPOUSE ABUSE; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84904978733     PISSN: 11011262     EISSN: 1464360X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/eurpub/ckt127     Document Type: Article

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