Intimate partner violence in Jamaica: A descriptive study of women who access the services of the women's crisis centre in Kingston

Violence Against Women

Volumn 7, Issue 11, 2001, Pages 1284-1302

  Arscott Mills, Sharon ^a  

^a Ministry of Health   (Jamaica)

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EID: 0035643339     PISSN: 10778012     EISSN: 15528448     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/10778010122183865     Document Type: Article

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