Annals of Epidemiology
Volume 20, Issue 8 , Pages 575-583 , August 2010

Intimate Partner Violence as a Risk Factor for Postpartum Depression Among Canadian Women in the Maternity Experience Survey

  • Hind A. Beydoun, PhD

      Affiliations

    • Graduate Program in Public Health, Eastern Virginia Medical School, Norfolk, VA
    • Corresponding Author InformationAddress correspondence to: Hind A. Beydoun, PhD, Graduate Program in Public Health, Eastern Virginia Medical School, 700 W. Olney Road, Post Office Box 1980, Norfolk, VA 23501-1980. Office: 757-446-7142; Cell: 319-321-2697; Fax: 757-446-6121.
    • ,
  • Ban Al-Sahab, MS

      Affiliations

    • School of Kinesiology and Health Science, York University, Toronto, Canada
    • ,
  • May A. Beydoun, PhD

      Affiliations

    • National Institute on Aging Intramural Research Program, Baltimore, MD
    • ,
  • Hala Tamim, PhD

      Affiliations

    • School of Kinesiology and Health Science, York University, Toronto, Canada

Received 30 December 2009 ,Accepted 16 May 2010.

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 This research was supported in part by the intramural research program of the NIH, National Institute on Aging.

PII: S1047-2797(10)00122-5

doi: 10.1016/j.annepidem.2010.05.011

Annals of Epidemiology
Volume 20, Issue 8 , Pages 575-583 , August 2010

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