title: Intimate partner violence.
abstract: Intimate partner violence is an important health problem. Approximately 1.5 million women are assaulted or raped (and nearly 1,100 are killed) by a current or former intimate partner yet it is preventable if recognized by the women and their physicians.
authors.affiliation: College of Public Health, University of Oklahoma Health Sciences Center., #357, PO Box 26901, Oklahoma City, OK 73126-0901, USA.
authors.forename: Andrea
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Barker
authors.forename: Rebekah
authors.initials: R
authors.lastname: Rhoades
authors.forename: Edward N
authors.initials: EN
authors.lastname: Brandt
mesh_terms: D018585:Battered Women; D017579:Domestic Violence / Q000517:prevention & control* / Q000706:statistics & numerical data*; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D009825:Oklahoma / Q000453:epidemiology; D010819:Physician's Role; D011159:Population Surveillance; D012307:Risk Factors