Should the study of violence against women be a science?

Violence Against Women

Volumn 15, Issue 4, 2009, Pages 425-427

  Martin, Sandra L ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NORTH CAROLINA   (United States)

Author keywords

Science; Study; Violence against women

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; ATTITUDE TO HEALTH; BATTERED WOMAN; EPIDEMIOLOGY; FEMALE; HUMAN; MEDICAL RESEARCH; METHODOLOGY; ORGANIZATION AND MANAGEMENT; PARTNER VIOLENCE; PUBLISHING; SOCIOLOGY; STATISTICS; VICTIM; WOMEN'S HEALTH;

BATTERED WOMEN; BIAS (EPIDEMIOLOGY); BIOMEDICAL RESEARCH; CRIME VICTIMS; FEMALE; HEALTH KNOWLEDGE, ATTITUDES, PRACTICE; HUMANS; JOURNALISM; RESEARCH DESIGN; SOCIAL SCIENCES; SPOUSE ABUSE; WOMEN'S HEALTH;

EID: 62549093549     PISSN: 10778012     EISSN: 15528448     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/1077801208330694     Document Type: Article

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