Domestic violence against women in eastern India: A population-based study on prevalence and related issues

BMC Public Health

Volumn 9, Issue , 2009, Pages

  Babu, Bontha V ^a,b   Kar, Shantanu K ^a  

^a REGIONAL MEDICAL RESEARCH CENTRE ICMR   (India)

^b INDIAN COUNCIL OF MEDICAL RESEARCH   (India)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGE DISTRIBUTION; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DOMESTIC VIOLENCE; EDUCATIONAL STATUS; FEMALE; HEALTH PROGRAM; HEALTH SURVEY; HUMAN; INCOME; INDIA; INJURY; INTERVIEW; MALE; OCCUPATION; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; POPULATION RESEARCH; PREVALENCE; PSYCHOTRAUMA; QUESTIONNAIRE; SOCIAL STATUS; SOCIOECONOMICS; URBAN POPULATION; WOMEN'S RIGHTS; ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; BATTERED WOMAN; CULTURAL FACTOR; RELIGION; SOCIAL CLASS; STANDARD; STATISTICAL MODEL; STATISTICS;

ADULT; ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; BATTERED WOMEN; CULTURAL CHARACTERISTICS; DOMESTIC VIOLENCE; FEMALE; HUMANS; INDIA; INTERVIEWS AS TOPIC; LOGISTIC MODELS; MALE; POPULATION SURVEILLANCE; PREVALENCE; RELIGION; SOCIAL CLASS; WOMEN'S RIGHTS; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 66149173522     PISSN: None     EISSN: 14712458     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1186/1471-2458-9-129     Document Type: Article

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