A study of domestic violence among women attending a medical centre in Sudan

Eastern Mediterranean Health Journal

Volumn 11, Issue 1-2, 2005, Pages 164-174

  Ahmed, Awad M ^a   Elmardi, A E ^b  

^a University of Bahr Elghazal   (Sudan)

^b UNIVERSITY OF KHARTOUM   (Sudan)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; CRYING; DEMOGRAPHY; DOMESTIC VIOLENCE; FEMALE; HOME CARE; HUMAN; HUMAN RELATION; MALE; PARTNER VIOLENCE; PREGNANCY; QUESTIONNAIRE; SOCIAL BEHAVIOR; SUDAN;

ACADEMIC MEDICAL CENTERS; ADAPTATION, PSYCHOLOGICAL; ADULT; AGE DISTRIBUTION; AGE FACTORS; ATTITUDE TO HEALTH; CASE-CONTROL STUDIES; EDUCATIONAL STATUS; EMPLOYMENT; FEMALE; GENDER IDENTITY; HUMANS; INCIDENCE; ISLAM; MARITAL STATUS; MARRIAGE; POPULATION SURVEILLANCE; PREVALENCE; QUESTIONNAIRES; RISK FACTORS; SOCIAL VALUES; SOCIOECONOMIC FACTORS; SPOUSE ABUSE; SUDAN; WOMEN;

EID: 33644593695     PISSN: 10203397     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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