Love Burns: Essay about Bride Burning in India

Journal of Burn Care and Rehabilitation

Volumn 25, Issue 2, 2004, Pages 165-170

  Jutla, Rajni K ^a,b   Heimbach, David ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WASHINGTON MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^b Box 356410 ^*  (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BURN; CULTURAL ANTHROPOLOGY; FAMILY VIOLENCE; FEMALE; HUMAN; INDIA; LAW; MARRIAGE; REVIEW; SOCIAL ASPECT;

BURNS; DOMESTIC VIOLENCE; FEMALE; GIFT GIVING; HUMANS; INDIA; MARRIAGE; SPOUSES;

EID: 1542304636     PISSN: 02738481     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/01.BCR.0000111929.70876.1F     Document Type: Review

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