Violence against women: prevalence and associated factors in patients attending a public healthcare service in the Northeast of Brazil Violência contra a mulher: prevalência e fatores associados em pacientes de um serviço público de saúde no Nordeste brasileiro

• Main Authors: Maria Arleide da Silva (Author), Gilliatt Hanois Falbo Neto (Author), José Natal Figueiroa (Author), José Eulálio Cabral Filho (Author)
• Format: Book
• Published: Escola Nacional de Saúde Pública, Fundação Oswaldo Cruz, 2010-02-01T00:00:00Z.
• Subjects: article
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The prevalence of and factors associated with violence against women attended as outpatients between October 2005 and January 2006 by the Instituto Materno Infantil Professor Fernando Figueira (IMIP), Recife, Pernambuco State, Brazil, were investigated using a cross-sectional type study. 619 women o...