Uxoricide in Fiji: The sociocultural context of husband-wife killings

Violence Against Women

Volumn 5, Issue 11, 1999, Pages 1294-1320

  Adinkrah, Mensah ^a  

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EID: 0000461740     PISSN: 10778012     EISSN: 15528448     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/10778019922183381     Document Type: Article

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