Wife battering in Asian American communities: Identifying the service needs of an overlooked segment of the U.S. Population

Violence Against Woman

Volumn 2, Issue 3, 1996, Pages 260-283

  Huisman, Kimberly A ^a  

^a NONE

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Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; ASIANS--WOMEN; CRIME; CULTURAL ANTHROPOLOGY; CULTURAL BACKGROUND; DEMOGRAPHIC FACTORS; DEMOGRAPHY; DEVELOPED COUNTRY; DOMESTIC VIOLENCE; DOMESTIC VIOLENCE--WOMEN; ECONOMIC FACTORS; ECONOMICS; ETHNIC GROUP; FEMALE; HEALTH SERVICE; IMMIGRANTS--WOMEN; MIGRANTS; MIGRATION; NEEDS; NORTH AMERICA; NORTHERN AMERICA; POPULATION; POPULATION AND POPULATION RELATED PHENOMENA; POPULATION DYNAMICS; RESEARCH REPORT; SOCIAL PROBLEM; SOCIAL WELFARE; SOCIAL WELFARE--WOMEN; UNITED STATES; WESTERN HEMISPHERE;

AMERICAS; ASIANS--WOMEN; CRIME; CULTURAL BACKGROUND; DEMOGRAPHIC FACTORS; DEVELOPED COUNTRIES; DOMESTIC VIOLENCE--WOMEN; ECONOMIC FACTORS; ETHNIC GROUPS; IMMIGRANTS--WOMEN; MIGRANTS; MIGRATION; NEEDS; NORTH AMERICA; NORTHERN AMERICA; POPULATION; POPULATION CHARACTERISTICS; POPULATION DYNAMICS; RESEARCH REPORT; SOCIAL PROBLEMS; SOCIAL WELFARE--WOMEN; UNITED STATES; WOMEN;

AMERICAS; CRIME; CULTURE; DEMOGRAPHY; DEVELOPED COUNTRIES; DOMESTIC VIOLENCE; ECONOMICS; EMIGRATION AND IMMIGRATION; ETHNIC GROUPS; HEALTH SERVICES NEEDS AND DEMAND; NORTH AMERICA; POPULATION; POPULATION CHARACTERISTICS; POPULATION DYNAMICS; SOCIAL PROBLEMS; SOCIAL WELFARE; TRANSIENTS AND MIGRANTS; UNITED STATES; WOMEN;

EID: 0030222443     PISSN: 10778012     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/1077801296002003003     Document Type: Article

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