Violent deaths among women of reproductive age in rural Bangladesh

Social Science and Medicine

Volumn 59, Issue 2, 2004, Pages 311-319

  Ahmed, M Kapil ^a   Van Ginneken, Jeroen ^b   Razzaque, Abdur ^a   Alam, Nurul ^a  

^a ICDDR B Centre for Health and Population Research   (Bangladesh)

^b NETHERLANDS INTERDISCIPLINARY DEMOGRAPHIC INSTITUTE   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Intentional injuries; Mortality; Risk factors; Violence; Women of reproductive age

Indexed keywords

GENDER ISSUE; MORTALITY; VIOLENCE; WOMENS STATUS;

ABUSE; ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGE; ARTICLE; BANGLADESH; CASE CONTROL STUDY; CONTROLLED STUDY; DEATH; DEMOGRAPHY; FAMILY VIOLENCE; FEMALE; HIGH RISK POPULATION; HOMICIDE; HUMAN; LONGITUDINAL STUDY; MALE; MORTALITY; PARTNER VIOLENCE; POPULATION RESEARCH; REGISTRATION; RELATIVE; RURAL AREA; SOCIAL ASPECT; SOCIAL STATUS; SOCIETY; SUICIDE; VIOLENCE;

ACCIDENTS; ADOLESCENT; ADULT; BANGLADESH; CASE-CONTROL STUDIES; FEMALE; HOMICIDE; HUMANS; LONGITUDINAL STUDIES; MALE; MORTALITY; RISK; RURAL POPULATION; SUICIDE; VIOLENCE; WOMEN'S HEALTH;

ASIA; BANGLADESH; EURASIA; MATLAB; SOUTH ASIA;

EID: 2042530133     PISSN: 02779536     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.socscimed.2004.01.020     Document Type: Article

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