Social Disapproval of Wife Assaults: A National Survey of Singapore

Journal of Comparative Family Studies

Volumn 27, Issue 1, 1996, Pages

  Choi, Alfred ^a   Edleson, Jeffrey L ^b  

^a NANYANG TECHNOLOGICAL UNIVERSITY   (Singapore)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MINNESOTA   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; ASSAULT; BATTERED WOMAN; FEMALE; HUMAN; SINGAPORE; SOCIAL ASPECT;

EID: 0030026152     PISSN: 00472328     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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