Association of various reproductive rights, domestic violence and marital rape with depression among Pakistani women

BMC Psychiatry

Volumn 9, Issue , 2009, Pages

  Ali, Faridah A ^a,b   Israr, Syed M ^a,c   Ali, Badar S ^b   Janjua, Naveed Z ^a,d  

^a AGA KHAN UNIVERSITY   (Pakistan)

^b AGA KHAN UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Pakistan)

^c TACMIL Health Project   (Pakistan)

^d BRITISH COLUMBIA CENTRE FOR DISEASE CONTROL   (Canada)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGE DISTRIBUTION; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DEPRESSION; DOMESTIC VIOLENCE; EDUCATIONAL STATUS; FAMILY HISTORY; FEMALE; HUMAN; INCOME; MARITAL RAPE; MARRIAGE; PAKISTAN; QUESTIONNAIRE; RAPE; REPRODUCTIVE RIGHTS; RISK ASSESSMENT; RISK FACTOR; SCORING SYSTEM; SELF REPORT; ASIAN; BATTERED WOMAN; CASE CONTROL STUDY; COMPARATIVE STUDY; DEVELOPING COUNTRY; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PARTNER VIOLENCE; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; SEXUAL BEHAVIOR; STATISTICS;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ASIAN CONTINENTAL ANCESTRY GROUP; BATTERED WOMEN; CASE-CONTROL STUDIES; DEPRESSIVE DISORDER; DEVELOPING COUNTRIES; DOMESTIC VIOLENCE; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PAKISTAN; QUESTIONNAIRES; RAPE; REPRODUCTIVE RIGHTS; SEXUAL BEHAVIOR; SPOUSE ABUSE;

EID: 72549096280     PISSN: None     EISSN: 1471244X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1186/1471-244X-9-77     Document Type: Article

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