The Spatial Epidemiology of Intimate Partner Violence: Do Neighborhoods Matter?

American Journal of Epidemiology

Volumn 182, Issue 1, 2015, Pages 58-66

  Gracia, Enrique ^a   López Quílez, Antonio ^a   Marco, Miriam ^a   Lladosa, Silvia ^a   Lila, Marisol ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF VALENCIA   (Spain)

Author keywords

Bayesian spatial modeling; concentrated disadvantage; disease mapping; intimate partner violence; neighborhoods; risk probability; small area variation; spatial epidemiology

Indexed keywords

BAYESIAN ANALYSIS; ECOLOGICAL APPROACH; EPIDEMIOLOGY; IMMIGRANT POPULATION; NEIGHBORHOOD; RISK ASSESSMENT; RISK FACTOR; SPATIAL VARIATION; VIOLENCE;

ADOLESCENT; ARTICLE; BAYES THEOREM; EDUCATIONAL STATUS; FEMALE; GEOGRAPHIC MAPPING; HUMAN; IMMIGRANT; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; NEIGHBORHOOD; PARTNER VIOLENCE; RISK FACTOR; SOCIAL STATUS; SPAIN; DEMOGRAPHY; DOMESTIC VIOLENCE; MIGRANT; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; SOCIOECONOMICS; STATISTICS AND NUMERICAL DATA;

COMUNIDAD VALENCIA; SPAIN; VALENCIA [COMUNIDAD VALENCIA];

BAYES THEOREM; DOMESTIC VIOLENCE; EMIGRANTS AND IMMIGRANTS; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; RESIDENCE CHARACTERISTICS; SOCIOECONOMIC FACTORS; SPAIN;

EID: 84936803907     PISSN: 00029262     EISSN: 14766256     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/aje/kwv016     Document Type: Article

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