RT Journal Article
SR Electronic
T1 Violence against women
JF Journal of Epidemiology and Community Health
JO J Epidemiol Community Health
FD BMJ Publishing Group Ltd
SP 818
OP 821
DO 10.1136/jech.2004.022756
VO 59
IS 10
A1 Gunilla Krantz
A1 Claudia Garcia-Moreno
YR 2005
UL http://jech.bmj.com/content/59/10/818.abstract
AB Violence against women is now well recognised as a public health problem and human rights violation of worldwide significance. It is an important risk factor for women’s ill health, with far reaching consequences for both their physical and mental health. This glossary aims to describe various forms of interpersonal violence that are directed towards women and girls. Terms and basic concepts used in research and policy on this public health problem will be explained.