The Economic Burden of Intimate Partner Violence in Ecuador: Setting the Agenda for Future Research and Violence Prevention Policies

Introduction: Intimate partner violence (IPV) is a widespread social structural problem that affects a great proportion of Ecuadorian women. IPV is a sexually, psychologically, or physically coercive act against an adult or adolescent woman by a current or former intimate partner. Not-for-profit gro...

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Main Authors: Phaedra Corso, María Isabel Roldós
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: eScholarship Publishing, University of California 2013-08-01
Series:Western Journal of Emergency Medicine
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Online Access:http://escholarship.org/uc/item/5r51t6mc