Physical violence against pregnant women by an intimate partner, and adverse pregnancy outcomes in Mazandaran Province, Iran

Journal of Family and Community Medicine

Volumn 22, Issue 1, 2015, Pages 13-18

  Abdollahi, Fatemeh ^a   Abhari, Farrideh R ^b   Delavar, Mouloud A ^c   Charati, Jamshid Y ^a  

^a MAZANDARAN UNIVERSITY OF MEDICAL SCIENCES   (Iran)

^b MAZANDARAN UNIVERSITY OF MEDICAL SCIENCES   (Iran)

^c BABOL UNIVERSITY OF MEDICAL SCIENCES   (Iran)

Author keywords

Family violence; pregnancy outcome; pregnancy social epidemiology

Indexed keywords

EID: 84956586776     PISSN: 22308229     EISSN: 2229340X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.4103/2230-8229.149577     Document Type: Article

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