Women's perceptions and experiences of sexual violence in marital relationships and its effect on reproductive health

Health Care for Women International

Volumn 29, Issue 5, 2008, Pages 468-483

  Hussain, Rafat ^a   Khan, Adeel ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NEW ENGLAND   (Australia)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; BATTERED WOMAN; BEHAVIOR; CULTURAL FACTOR; ETHNOLOGY; FEMALE; HUMAN; INFORMATION PROCESSING; MALE; MARRIAGE; PAKISTAN; PARTNER VIOLENCE; PERSUASIVE COMMUNICATION; PREGNANCY; PREGNANCY COMPLICATION; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; QUALITATIVE RESEARCH; SOCIAL BEHAVIOR; SOCIAL DOMINANCE; SOCIAL PSYCHOLOGY; STATISTICS; WOMEN'S HEALTH;

ADULT; BATTERED WOMEN; COERCION; CULTURAL CHARACTERISTICS; DOMINANCE-SUBORDINATION; FEMALE; FOCUS GROUPS; HUMANS; MALE; MARRIAGE; PAKISTAN; POWER (PSYCHOLOGY); PREGNANCY; PREGNANCY COMPLICATIONS; QUALITATIVE RESEARCH; SOCIAL BEHAVIOR; SOCIAL VALUES; SPOUSE ABUSE; WOMEN'S HEALTH;

EID: 42549099152     PISSN: 07399332     EISSN: 10964665     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/07399330801949541     Document Type: Article

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