Prevalence and determinants of intimate partner violence against women in Kazeroon, Islamic Republic of Iran

Violence and Victims

Volumn 25, Issue 1, 2010, Pages 116-127

  Vakili, Mahmood ^a   Nadrian, Haidar ^a   Fathipoor, Mohammad ^a   Boniadi, Fatemeh ^a   Morowatisharifabad, Mohammad Ali ^a  

^a SHAHID SADOUGHI UNIVERSITY OF MEDICAL SCIENCES   (Iran)

Author keywords

Intimate partner violence; Iran; Women

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; BATTERED WOMAN; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY; ETHNOLOGY; FEMALE; HUMAN; IRAN; MALE; MASS SCREENING; MIDDLE AGED; PARTNER VIOLENCE; PERCEPTION; POSTTRAUMATIC STRESS DISORDER; PREVALENCE; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; RAPE; RELIGION; RISK FACTOR; SELF DISCLOSURE; SOCIAL PSYCHOLOGY; SOCIOECONOMICS; SPOUSE; STATISTICS; WOMEN'S HEALTH;

ADULT; BATTERED WOMEN; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; FEMALE; HUMANS; IRAN; ISLAM; MALE; MASS SCREENING; MIDDLE AGED; PREVALENCE; RAPE; RISK FACTORS; SELF DISCLOSURE; SOCIAL PERCEPTION; SOCIAL VALUES; SOCIOECONOMIC FACTORS; SPOUSE ABUSE; SPOUSES; STRESS DISORDERS, POST-TRAUMATIC; WOMEN'S HEALTH; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 77049091415     PISSN: 08866708     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1891/0886-6708.25.1.116     Document Type: Article

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