Intimate partner violence: prevalence and risk factors for men in Cape Town, South Africa.

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Published in Violence Vict on April 01, 2006

Authors

Naeemah Abrahams1, Rachel Jewkes, Ria Laubscher, Margaret Hoffman

Author Affiliations

1: Gender and Health Unit, Medical Research Council, Tygerberg, South Africa. naeema.abrahams@mrc.ac.za

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