Violence against women in Arab and Islamic countries

Archives of Women's Mental Health

Volumn 6, Issue 3, 2003, Pages 165-171

  Douki, Saida ^a,b   Nacef, F ^a   Belhadj, A ^a   Bouasker, A ^a   Ghachem, R ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TUNIS EL MANAR   (Tunisia)

^b RAZI HOSPITAL   (Tunisia)

Author keywords

Cross cultural issues; Domestic violence; Gender issues; Violence against women; Women's mental health

Indexed keywords

ARAB; ATTITUDE; BATTERED WOMAN; CULTURAL ANTHROPOLOGY; DOMESTIC VIOLENCE; EGYPT; EPIDEMIOLOGICAL DATA; FAMILY; FEMALE; HEALTH SURVEY; HUMAN; ISRAEL; MENTAL HEALTH; PALESTINE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RELIGION; REVIEW; TUNISIA; VIOLENCE;

ARABS; CULTURE; DOMESTIC VIOLENCE; EGYPT; FAMILY CHARACTERISTICS; FEMALE; HUMANS; ISLAM; ISRAEL; MARRIAGE; SOCIAL RESPONSIBILITY; TUNISIA; WOMEN'S HEALTH; WOMEN'S RIGHTS;

EID: 0041379794     PISSN: 14341816     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00737-003-0170-x     Document Type: Review

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