Risk Factors for Injury to Women from Domestic Violence

Kyriacou, Demetrios; Anglin, Deirdre; Taliaferro, Ellen; Stone, Susan; Tubb, Toni; A. Linden, Judith; L. Muelleman, Robert; D. Barton, Erik; F. Kraus, Jess

doi:10.1056/nejm199912163412505

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Risk Factors for Injury to Women from Domestic Violence

Published in New England Journal of Medicine • Dec 16, 1999

Authors:

Demetrios Kyriacou

Deirdre Anglin

Ellen Taliaferro

Abstract

BACKGROUND: Domestic violence is the most common cause of nonfatal injury to women in the United States. To identify risk factors for such injuries, we examined the socioeconomic and behavioral characteristics of women who were victims of domestic violence and the men who injured them. METHODS: We c...

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Medicine

Relative risk

Confidence interval

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