Domestic violence: A tragedy behind the doors

Women and Health

Volumn 42, Issue 2, 2005, Pages 35-51

  Ergin, Nilufer ^a   Bayram, Nuran ^a   Alper, Zuleyha ^a   Selimoglu, Kerem ^b   Bilgel, Nazan ^a  

^a ULUDAG UNIVERSITY   (Turkey)

^b Department of Econometrics ^*

Author keywords

Domestic violence; Partner violence; Turkish women

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGE DISTRIBUTION; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORRESPONDENCE ANALYSIS; DOMESTIC VIOLENCE; FAMILY; FEMALE; HEALTH EDUCATION; HUMAN; INFORMED CONSENT; INTERVIEW; LOGISTIC REGRESSION ANALYSIS; LOWEST INCOME GROUP; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MARRIAGE; OCCUPATION; PARTNER VIOLENCE; PATIENT PARTICIPATION; PREVALENCE; PRIMARY HEALTH CARE; SOCIOECONOMICS; STATISTICAL ANALYSIS; STATISTICAL SIGNIFICANCE; TURKEY (REPUBLIC); UNIVERSITY;

ADULT; BATTERED WOMEN; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; CULTURAL CHARACTERISTICS; DOMESTIC VIOLENCE; EDUCATIONAL STATUS; FEMALE; HUMANS; LOGISTIC MODELS; MALE; MARRIAGE; MIDDLE AGED; QUESTIONNAIRES; SOCIAL CONTROL, INFORMAL; SOCIAL ENVIRONMENT; SOCIOECONOMIC FACTORS; SPOUSE ABUSE; TURKEY; WOMEN'S HEALTH;

EID: 33646790845     PISSN: 03630242     EISSN: 15410331     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1300/J013v42n02_03     Document Type: Article

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