Domestic violence help-seeking behaviors of south asian battered women residing in the United States

International Review of Victimology

Volumn 14, Issue 1, 2007, Pages 143-170

  Raj, Anita ^a   Silverman, Jay G ^b  

^a BOSTON UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b HARVARD UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

domestic violence services; immigrants; intimate partner violence; South Asians

Indexed keywords

EID: 51249147408     PISSN: 02697580     EISSN: 20479433     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/026975800701400108     Document Type: Article

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