The prevalence of domestic violence among pregnant women who were attended in Iran University of medical science hospitals

Journal of Family Violence

Volumn 22, Issue 8, 2007, Pages 643-648

  Jahanfar, Shayesteh ^a,b   Malekzadegan, Zahra ^a  

^a IRAN UNIVERSITY OF MEDICAL SCIENCES   (Iran)

^b UNIVERSITI KUALA LUMPUR   (Malaysia)

Author keywords

Domestic violence; Pregnancy; Prevalence

Indexed keywords

EID: 34548598226     PISSN: 08857482     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10896-007-9084-0     Document Type: Article

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