Wife beating and the link with poor sexual health and risk behavior among men in urban slums in India

Journal of Comparative Family Studies

Volumn 34, Issue 1, 2003, Pages

  Verma, Ravi K ^a   Collumbien, Martine ^b  

^a POPULATION COUNCIL   (India)

^b LONDON SCHOOL OF HYGIENE AND TROPICAL MEDICINE   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AGE; ARTICLE; BATTERED WOMAN; BEHAVIOR; EDUCATION; ERECTILE DYSFUNCTION; EXPERIENCE; FEMALE; HUMAN; INDIA; MALE; OCCUPATION; PARTNER VIOLENCE; PREMATURE EJACULATION; REPRODUCTIVE HEALTH; RISK; SEMEN ABNORMALITY; SEXUAL BEHAVIOR; URBAN AREA;

EID: 0037412570     PISSN: 00472328     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3138/jcfs.34.1.61     Document Type: Article

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