Intimate Partner Violence and Its Association With Physical and Mental Health Symptoms Among Older Women in Germany

Journal of Interpersonal Violence

Volumn 30, Issue 17, 2015, Pages 3089-3111

  Stöckl, Heidi ^a   Penhale, Bridget ^b  

^a LONDON SCHOOL OF HYGIENE AND TROPICAL MEDICINE   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF EAST ANGLIA   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

anything related to domestic violence; battered women; domestic violence; elder abuse; mental health and violence

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; BATTERED WOMAN; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY; FEMALE; GERMANY; HUMAN; MIDDLE AGED; PARTNER VIOLENCE; STATISTICS AND NUMERICAL DATA; VERY ELDERLY; WOMEN'S HEALTH; YOUNG ADULT;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; BATTERED WOMEN; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; FEMALE; GERMANY; HUMANS; INTIMATE PARTNER VIOLENCE; MIDDLE AGED; WOMEN'S HEALTH; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84940918011     PISSN: 08862605     EISSN: 15526518     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/0886260514554427     Document Type: Article

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