Immigration, domestic violence, and the military: The case of "military brides"

Violence Against Women

Volumn 9, Issue 9, 2003, Pages 1093-1117

  Erez, Edna ^a   Bach, Shayna ^b  

^a KENT STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b NONE

Author keywords

Domestic violence; Immigration; Military brides

Indexed keywords

EID: 0041326751     PISSN: 10778012     EISSN: 15528448     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/1077801203255289     Document Type: Article

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