Open AccessDomestic Violence and Symptoms of Gynecologic Morbidity Among Women in North India
Author(s) -
Rob Stephenson,
Michael A. Koenig,
Saifuddin Ahmed
Publication year - 2006
Publication title -
international family planning perspectives
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
eISSN - 1943-4154
pISSN - 0190-3187
DOI - 10.1363/3220106
Subject(s) - domestic violence , sexual violence , medicine , poison control , reproductive health , odds , suicide prevention , sexual abuse , injury prevention , psychiatry , population , demography , environmental health , nursing , sociology , logistic regression
Although there is increasing recognition of the global scope of domestic violence and the potential reproductive health consequences of violence, little is known about the relationship between physical and sexual domestic violence and gynecologic morbidity in developing country settings.