Medicolegal response to violence against women in India

Violence Against Women

Volumn 5, Issue 5, 1999, Pages 478-506

  Prasad, Shally ^a  

^a USAID   (Indonesia)

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Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; ASIA; BEHAVIOR; CRIME; DEVELOPING COUNTRY; DOMESTIC VIOLENCE; DOMESTIC VIOLENCE--WOMEN; DOWRY; FEMALE; INDIA; LAW; MARRIAGE; NUPTIALITY; RAPE; RAPE--WOMEN; RESEARCH REPORT; SOCIAL PROBLEM; SOUTHERN ASIA; VIOLENCE; VIOLENCE--WOMEN;

ASIA; BEHAVIOR; CRIME; DEVELOPING COUNTRIES; DOMESTIC VIOLENCE--WOMEN; DOWRY; INDIA; LEGISLATION; NUPTIALITY; RAPE--WOMEN; RESEARCH REPORT; SOCIAL PROBLEMS; SOUTHERN ASIA; VIOLENCE--WOMEN; WOMEN;

ASIA; BEHAVIOR; CRIME; DEVELOPING COUNTRIES; DOMESTIC VIOLENCE; INDIA; LEGISLATION; MARRIAGE; RAPE; SOCIAL PROBLEMS; VIOLENCE; WOMEN;

EID: 0033122738     PISSN: 10778012     EISSN: 15528448     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/10778019922181338     Document Type: Article

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