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Alcohol Use
Health behaviors help physicians identify women more likely to have been abused
June 13th, 2005
Harvard researchers report that a woman who smokes and displays evidence of problem drinking has nearly a one-third likelihood of having been abused by an intimate partner within the preceding 12 months. That percentage jumps to a 54% likelihood of abuse in the course of her lifetime. The findings appeared in the May 9, 2005, edition of Archives of Internal Medicine. The study's lead author, Megan Gerber, MD, a practicing physician at Cambridge Health Alliance and instructor of Medicine at Harvard University said, "Our study hopes to raise physician awareness of how common domestic violence is in practice, especially among women who exhibit...
Source: Health & Medicine Week (2005-06-13)
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