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To the Editor: The article by Kyriacou et al. (Dec. 16 issue)¹ on risk factors for injury to women from domestic violence reports on the characteristics of relationships and behavior that are associated with domestic violence. The partners of women at greatest risk were those who abused drugs or alcohol, were intermittently employed or unemployed, had less than a high-school education, and were former husbands, estranged husbands, or former boyfriends of the women. What is never stated, however, is that what carries the lowest risk of domestic violence for women is marriage.

Men are usually grouped into an undifferentiated, violent, . . . [Full Text of this Article]

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