Patriarchal Beliefs and Perceptions of Abuse among South Asian Immigrant Women

Violence Against Women

Volumn 10, Issue 3, 2004, Pages 262-282

  Ahmad, Farah ^a   Riaz, Sarah ^b   Barata, Paula ^a,c   Stewart, Donna E ^a,d  

^a UNIVERSITY HEALTH NETWORK   (Canada)

^b UNIVERSITY OF TORONTO   (Canada)

^c UNIVERSITY OF WINDSOR   (Canada)

^d UNIVERSITY OF TORONTO   (Canada)

Author keywords

Immigrant women; Patriarchy; South Asian women

Indexed keywords

EID: 1142290675     PISSN: 10778012     EISSN: 15528448     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/1077801203256000     Document Type: Article

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