Burden of intimate partner violence in the Gambia - A cross sectional study of pregnant women

Reproductive Health

Volumn 12, Issue 1, 2015, Pages

  Idoko, Patrick ^a   Ogbe, Emmanuel ^b   Jallow, Oley ^a   Ocheke, Amaka ^c  

^a Royal Victoria Teaching Hospital Gambia   (Gambia)

^b Dalhatu Araf Specialist Hospital   (Nigeria)

^c UNIVERSITY OF JOS   (Nigeria)

Author keywords

Intimate partner violence; Pregnancy; The Gambia

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY; DESCRIPTIVE RESEARCH; FEMALE; GAMBIA; HUMAN; PARTNER VIOLENCE; PHYSICAL VIOLENCE; PREGNANT WOMAN; QUESTIONNAIRE; SELF DEFENSE; SEXUAL ASSAULT; STRUCTURED INTERVIEW; VERBAL HOSTILITY; HUMAN RELATION; MALE; PREGNANCY; PSYCHOLOGY; RISK FACTOR; SEXUALITY; STATISTICS AND NUMERICAL DATA; WOMEN'S HEALTH;

ADULT; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; FEMALE; GAMBIA; HUMANS; INTERPERSONAL RELATIONS; INTIMATE PARTNER VIOLENCE; MALE; PREGNANCY; PREGNANT WOMEN; RISK FACTORS; SEXUAL PARTNERS; SPOUSE ABUSE; WOMEN'S HEALTH;

EID: 84928479514     PISSN: None     EISSN: 17424755     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1186/s12978-015-0023-x     Document Type: Article

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