A Systematic Review of African Studies on Intimate Partner Violence against Pregnant Women: Prevalence and Risk Factors

Simukai Shamu; Naeemah Abrahams; Marleen Temmerman; Alfred Musekiwa; Christina Zarowsky

doi:10.1371/journal.pone.0017591

A Systematic Review of African Studies on Intimate Partner Violence against Pregnant Women

Prevalence and Risk Factors

Bibliographic Data

ID	23370997
Authors	Simukai Shamu (0000-0002-2290-0515), Naeemah Abrahams, Marleen Temmerman (0000-0003-2069-8752), Alfred Musekiwa (0000-0001-5880-3680), Christina Zarowsky (0000-0002-0850-6212)
Editors	Virginia Vitzthum
Year	2011
Volume	6
Issue	3
Pages	e17591
Publication date	2011-03-08
Peer Reviewed	Yes
Open Access	Yes
Type	ARTICLE
Venue	PLoS ONE (JOURNAL)
Journal identifiers	ISSN: 1932-6203 • E-ISSN: 1932-6203
Publisher	Public Library of Science (PLoS) (PUBLISHER)
DOI	10.1371/journal.pone.0017591
PMID	21408120
PMCID	PMC3050907
Language	EN
Citations received	86
References cited	42

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