Canadian domestic violence policy and Indian immigrant women

Violence Against Women

Volumn 10, Issue 8, 2004, Pages 860-879

  Shirwadkar, Swati ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PUNE   (India)

Author keywords

Asian women; Cultural constraints; Domestic violence; Indian immigrants

Indexed keywords

EID: 27144490304     PISSN: 10778012     EISSN: 15528448     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/1077801204266310     Document Type: Article

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