Intimate partner violence among women in a migrant community in Southwest Nigeria

International Quarterly of Community Health Education

Volumn 25, Issue 4, 2006, Pages 337-349

  Owoaje, Eme T ^a   Olaolorun, Funmilola M ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF IBADAN   (Nigeria)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ARTICLE; ATTITUDE; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY; FEMALE; HUMAN; MIDDLE AGED; MIGRATION; NIGERIA; PARTNER VIOLENCE; PREVALENCE; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; SOCIOECONOMICS; STATISTICS;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ATTITUDE; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; FEMALE; HUMANS; MIDDLE AGED; NIGERIA; PREVALENCE; SOCIOECONOMIC FACTORS; SPOUSE ABUSE; TRANSIENTS AND MIGRANTS;

EID: 34547186474     PISSN: 0272684X     EISSN: 15413519     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2190/Q6M3-0270-1284-86KU     Document Type: Article

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