Wife abuse in Esfahan, Islamic Republic of Iran, 2002

Eastern Mediterranean Health Journal

Volumn 11, Issue 5-6, 2005, Pages 860-869

  Mousavi, S M ^a   Eshagian, A ^b  

^a SHAHID BEHESHTI UNIVERSITY OF MEDICAL SCIENCES   (Iran)

^b Fatemieh Medical University   (Iran)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGE; AGED; AGGRESSION; ALCOHOL CONSUMPTION; ARTICLE; BATTERED WOMAN; CIGARETTE SMOKING; CORRELATION COEFFICIENT; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; DRUG USE; FAMILY SIZE; FEMALE; HUMAN; INCIDENCE; INCOME; INTERVIEW; IRAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MARRIED WOMAN; PARTNER VIOLENCE; PREVALENCE; QUESTIONNAIRE; RANDOMIZATION; SEXUAL ABUSE; STATISTICAL SIGNIFICANCE; VERBAL HOSTILITY;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGE DISTRIBUTION; AGED; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; EDUCATIONAL STATUS; FEMALE; HEALTH EDUCATION; HEALTH PROMOTION; HEALTH SERVICES NEEDS AND DEMAND; HEALTH SURVEYS; HUMANS; INCIDENCE; IRAN; MIDDLE AGED; POPULATION SURVEILLANCE; PREVALENCE; QUESTIONNAIRES; RISK FACTORS; SOCIAL SUPPORT; SOCIOECONOMIC FACTORS; SPOUSE ABUSE; SUBSTANCE-RELATED DISORDERS; URBAN HEALTH;

EID: 33744824081     PISSN: 10203397     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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