A study on direct costs of domestic violence against women in legal medicine centers of Tehran (2002)

Archives of Iranian Medicine

Volumn 10, Issue 3, 2007, Pages 295-300

  Fourozan, Ameneh Setareh ^a   Dejman, Masoomeh ^b   Baradaran Eftekhari, Monireh ^b   Bagheri Yazdi, Abbas ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SOCIAL WELFARE AND REHABILITATION SCIENCES   (Iran)

^b MINISTRY OF HEALTH AND MEDICAL EDUCATION   (Iran)

Author keywords

Direct cost; Domestic violence; Women

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AMBULATORY CARE; ARTICLE; BATTERED WOMAN; COST BENEFIT ANALYSIS; COURT; DESCRIPTIVE RESEARCH; DRUG COST; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; FORENSIC MEDICINE; HEALTH CARE COST; HUMAN; IRAN; LABORATORY TEST; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; PARTNER VIOLENCE; POLICE; PRESCRIPTION; QUESTIONNAIRE; RADIODIAGNOSIS; SAMPLE SIZE; VICTIM;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AMBULATORY CARE; COST OF ILLNESS; CRIMINAL LAW; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; FEES AND CHARGES; FEMALE; HEALTH EXPENDITURES; HUMANS; IRAN; MIDDLE AGED; SPOUSE ABUSE;

EID: 34547456567     PISSN: 10292977     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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