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Characteristics of Men Who Perpetrate Intimate Partner Violence

Vijay Singh, Richard Tolman, Maureen Walton, Stephen Chermack and Rebecca Cunningham
The Journal of the American Board of Family Medicine September 2014, 27 (5) 661-668; DOI: https://doi.org/10.3122/jabfm.2014.05.130247
Vijay Singh
From the Department of Emergency Medicine, Injury Center, and Institute for Healthcare Policy and Innovation (VS, RC), the Department of Family Medicine (VS), the School of Social Work (RT), and the Department of Psychiatry (MW, SC), University of Michigan, Ann Arbor.
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Richard Tolman
From the Department of Emergency Medicine, Injury Center, and Institute for Healthcare Policy and Innovation (VS, RC), the Department of Family Medicine (VS), the School of Social Work (RT), and the Department of Psychiatry (MW, SC), University of Michigan, Ann Arbor.
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Maureen Walton
From the Department of Emergency Medicine, Injury Center, and Institute for Healthcare Policy and Innovation (VS, RC), the Department of Family Medicine (VS), the School of Social Work (RT), and the Department of Psychiatry (MW, SC), University of Michigan, Ann Arbor.
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Stephen Chermack
From the Department of Emergency Medicine, Injury Center, and Institute for Healthcare Policy and Innovation (VS, RC), the Department of Family Medicine (VS), the School of Social Work (RT), and the Department of Psychiatry (MW, SC), University of Michigan, Ann Arbor.
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Rebecca Cunningham
From the Department of Emergency Medicine, Injury Center, and Institute for Healthcare Policy and Innovation (VS, RC), the Department of Family Medicine (VS), the School of Social Work (RT), and the Department of Psychiatry (MW, SC), University of Michigan, Ann Arbor.
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