Public Health
Volume 124, Issue 3 , Pages 149-152 , March 2010

Prevalence of same-sex intimate partner violence in Hong Kong

Received 24 August 2009 ,Revised 11 January 2010 ,Accepted 3 February 2010.

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PII: S0033-3506(10)00021-1

doi: 10.1016/j.puhe.2010.02.002

Public Health
Volume 124, Issue 3 , Pages 149-152 , March 2010