Factors associated with intimate partner violence against women in a mega city of South-Asia: Multi-centre cross-sectional study

Hong Kong Medical Journal

Volumn 20, Issue 4, 2014, Pages 297-303

  Ali, Niloufer S ^a   Ali, Farzana N ^b   Khuwaja, Ali K ^c   Nanji, Kashmira ^a  

^a AGA KHAN UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Pakistan)

^b UNIVERSITY HOSPITALS OF CLEVELAND   (United States)

^c AGA KHAN UNIVERSITY   (Pakistan)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADDICTION; ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ARTICLE; ATTITUDE; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY; EDUCATIONAL STATUS; EMPLOYMENT STATUS; FEMALE; GENDER BASED VIOLENCE; HUMAN; INTERVIEW; MIDDLE AGED; PAKISTAN; PARTNER VIOLENCE; PHYSICAL ABUSE; PUBLIC HEALTH; SMOKING; STRUCTURED QUESTIONNAIRE; SUBSTANCE USE; UNEMPLOYMENT; YOUNG ADULT; ATTITUDE TO HEALTH; BATTERED WOMAN; CLINICAL TRIAL; MULTICENTER STUDY; MULTIVARIATE ANALYSIS; PSYCHOLOGY; QUESTIONNAIRE; STATISTICAL MODEL; STATISTICS AND NUMERICAL DATA; SUBSTANCE-RELATED DISORDERS;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ATTITUDE TO HEALTH; BATTERED WOMEN; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; EDUCATIONAL STATUS; FEMALE; HUMANS; LOGISTIC MODELS; MIDDLE AGED; MULTIVARIATE ANALYSIS; PAKISTAN; PUBLIC HEALTH; QUESTIONNAIRES; SMOKING; SPOUSE ABUSE; SUBSTANCE-RELATED DISORDERS; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84906315269     PISSN: 10242708     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.12809/hkmj134074     Document Type: Article

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