Physical spousal violence against women in India: Some risk factors

Journal of Biosocial Science

Volumn 39, Issue 5, 2007, Pages 657-670

  Jeyaseelan, L ^a   Kumar, Shuba ^b   Neelakantan, Nithya ^a   Peedicayil, Abraham ^a   Pillai, Rajamohanam ^c   Duvvury, Nata ^d  

^a CHRISTIAN MEDICAL COLLEGE   (India)

^b India Clinical Epidemiology Network   (India)

^c GOVERNMENT MEDICAL COLLEGE   (India)

^d INTERNATIONAL CENTER FOR RESEARCH ON WOMEN   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ARTICLE; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY; DEVELOPING COUNTRY; DOMESTIC VIOLENCE; FEMALE; HEALTH SURVEY; HUMAN; INDIA; MULTIPLE REGRESSION; PARTNER VIOLENCE; RISK ASSESSMENT; RISK FACTOR; RURAL AREA; SAMPLE SIZE; SOCIAL SUPPORT; SOCIOECONOMICS; STRUCTURED QUESTIONNAIRE; URBAN AREA;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; BATTERED WOMEN; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; DATA COLLECTION; DEMOGRAPHY; DOMESTIC VIOLENCE; FEMALE; HUMANS; INDIA; MIDDLE AGED; PREVALENCE; QUESTIONNAIRES; RISK FACTORS; SPOUSE ABUSE;

EID: 34547464718     PISSN: 00219320     EISSN: 14697599     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1017/S0021932007001836     Document Type: Article

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