Intimate partner violence and depression among women in rural Ethiopia: a cross-sectional study
Open Access
- 1 January 2009
- journal article
- Published by Bentham Science Publishers Ltd. in Clinical Practice & Epidemiology in Mental Health
- Vol. 5 (1) , 8
Abstract
Studies from high-income countries have shown intimate partner violence to be associated with depression among women. The present paper examines whether this finding can be confirmed in a very different cultural setting in rural Ethiopia.Keywords
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