Gender, alcohol, and culture : an international study (GENACIS) : a brief history, present work, and future initiatives / Benjamin Taylor, Sharon, Sharon Wilsnack, and Jurgen Rehm -- General issues in reearch on intimate partner violence : an overview / Sharon Wilsnack and Richard Wilsnack -- Common survey methods and analyses conducted for each country chapter / Sharon Bernards and Kathryn Graham -- Argentina : alcohol and partner physical aggression in Buenos Aires Province and City / Myriam Munné -- Belize : alcohol and partner physical aggression / Claudina Ellington Cayetano and Kathryn Graham -- Brazil : alcohol and partner physical in Metropolitan Sao Paulo / Florence Kerr-Correa [and others] -- Canada : alcohol and partner physical aggression in the 10 provinces / Kathryn Graham and Sharon Bernards -- Costa Rica : alcohol and partner physical aggression in the Greater Metropolitan Area of San José / Julio Bejarano -- Mexico : alcohol and partner physical aggression in Ciudad Juarez, Monterrey, Queretaro, and Tijuana / Martha Romero Mendoza [and others] -- Nicaragua : alcohol and partner physical aggression in Bluefields, Esteli, Juigalpa, Leon, and Rivas / Jose Trinidad Caldera Aburto, Sharon Bernards, and Myriam Munee -- Peru : alcohol and partner physical aggression in Lima and Ayacucho / Marina Piazza -- United States : alcohol and partner physical aggression -- findings from a national sample of women / Sharon C. Wilsnack, Richard W. Wilsnack, and Arlinda F. Kristjanson -- Uruguay : alcohol and partner physical aggression in various cities / Raquel Magri, Hector Suarez, and Laurita Regueira -- Comparison of partner physical aggression across ten countries / Kathryn Graham and Sharon Bernards.