Citation

Vos T, Astbury J, Piers LS, Magnus A, Heenan M, Walker L, Webster K. Fam. Violence Prev. Health Pract. 2007; 2007(4): ePub.

Affiliation

School of Population Health, University of Queensland,Brisbane, Australia (t.vos@uq.edu.au)

Copyright

(Copyright © 2007, Family Violence Prevention Fund)

DOI

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PMID

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Abstract

This article reports an Australian study designed to assess the prevalence and health consequences of intimate partner violence and its contribution to total disease and disability burden in women. Finding that this form of violence contributes a burden greater than any other risk factor included in contemporary burden of disease measures, the need for a greater emphasis on primary prevention is proposed.

Available: http://endabuse.org/health/ejournal/archive/1-5/australia_disease.php