Intimate partner violence before and during pregnancy: Experiences of postpartum women in Karachi, Pakistan

Journal of the Pakistan Medical Association

Volumn 56, Issue 6, 2006, Pages 253-257

  Fikree, Fariyal F ^a   Jafarey, Sadiqua N ^b   Korejo, Razia ^c   Afshan, Anjum ^b   Durocher, Jill M ^a  

^a Health Cummunications Population Reference Bureau   (United States)

^b ZIAUDDIN MEDICAL UNIVERSITY   (Pakistan)

^c JINNAH POSTGRADUATE MEDICAL CENTRE   (Pakistan)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ARTICLE; CONSANGUINEOUS MARRIAGE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DOMESTIC VIOLENCE; EDUCATIONAL STATUS; FEMALE; HUMAN; MARRIAGE; PAKISTAN; PARITY; PARTNER VIOLENCE; PREGNANCY; PRENATAL CARE; PUERPERIUM; QUESTIONNAIRE; RISK FACTOR; SEXUAL ABUSE; VERBAL HOSTILITY; BATTERED WOMAN; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY; MASS SCREENING; POSTNATAL CARE; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; WOMEN'S HEALTH;

ADULT; BATTERED WOMEN; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; FEMALE; HUMANS; MASS SCREENING; PAKISTAN; POSTNATAL CARE; PREGNANCY; QUESTIONNAIRES; RISK FACTORS; SPOUSE ABUSE; WOMEN'S HEALTH;

EID: 34248648454     PISSN: 00309982     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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