Reproductive health and domestic violence: Are the poorest women uniquely disadvantaged?

Demography

Volumn 43, Issue 2, 2006, Pages 293-307

  Kishor, Sunita ^a,b   Johnson, Kiersten ^a  

^a ORC Macro   (United States)

^b NONE   (United States)

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EID: 33747434493     PISSN: 00703370     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1353/dem.2006.0014     Document Type: Article

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