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Research Article

Women's Perceptions of Their Male Batterers' Characteristics and Level of Violence

Sara Torres University of Medicine and Dentistry of New Jersey School of Nursing, Newark, New Jersey, USA
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Hae-Ra Han Johns Hopkins University School of Nursing, Baltimore, Maryland, USA
Pages 667-679 | Published online: 09 Jul 2009

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