Definition of violence against women: A comparative study in Chinese Societies of Hong Kong, Taiwan, and the People's Republic of China

Journal of Interpersonal Violence

Volumn 17, Issue 6, 2002, Pages 671-688

  Tang, Catherine So Kum ^a   Cheung, Fanny Miu Ching ^a   Chen, Roda ^b   Sun, Xiaomei ^c  

^a CHINESE UNIVERSITY OF HONG KONG   (Hong Kong)

^b NATIONAL TSING HUA UNIVERSITY   (Taiwan)

^c NONE

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EID: 0036092663     PISSN: 08862605     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/0886260502017006005     Document Type: Article

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