Sex ratios, female labor force participation, and lethal violence against women: Extending Guttentag and Secord's thesis

Violence Against Women

Volumn 5, Issue 11, 1999, Pages 1321-1341

  Avakame, Edem F ^a  

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EID: 0005176212     PISSN: 10778012     EISSN: 15528448     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/10778019922183390     Document Type: Article

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