Intimate partner violence and mental health

Global Health Action

Volumn 7, Issue 1, 2014, Pages

  Ellsberg, Mary ^a   Emmelin, Maria ^b  

^a GEORGE WASHINGTON UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b LUND UNIVERSITY   (Sweden)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ETHNOLOGY; HUMAN; MENTAL HEALTH; PARTNER VIOLENCE; PSYCHOLOGY; RISK FACTOR; WOMEN'S HEALTH;

HUMANS; MENTAL HEALTH; RISK FACTORS; SPOUSE ABUSE; WOMEN'S HEALTH;

EID: 84929517860     PISSN: None     EISSN: 16549880     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3402/gha.v7.25658     Document Type: Editorial

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