Household exposure to violence and human rights violations in western Bangladesh (II): History of torture and other traumatic experience of violence and functional assessment of victims

BMC International Health and Human Rights

Volumn 9, Issue 1, 2009, Pages

  Wang, Shr Jie ^a   Haque, Mohammad Akramul ^b   Masum, Saber Ud Daula ^b   Biswas, Shuvodwip ^c   Modvig, Jens ^a  

^a Rehabiliterings og Forskningscentret for Torturofre   (Denmark)

^b Bangladesh Rehabilitation Centre for Trauma Victims (BRCT)   (Bangladesh)

^c UNIVERSITY OF DHAKA   (Bangladesh)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; BANGLADESH; DOMESTIC VIOLENCE; FUNCTIONAL ASSESSMENT; GRIP STRENGTH; HOUSEHOLD; HUMAN; HUMAN RIGHTS; HUMAN RIGHTS ABUSE; INTERVIEW; PHYSICAL EXAMINATION; STANDING; TORTURE; VICTIM; WELLBEING;

EID: 73449138455     PISSN: None     EISSN: 1472698X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1186/1472-698X-9-31     Document Type: Article

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