Sex disparities in attitudes towards intimate partner violence against women in sub-Saharan Africa: A socio-ecological analysis

BMC Public Health

Volumn 10, Issue , 2010, Pages

  Uthman, Olalekan A ^a,b,c   Lawoko, Stephen ^a   Moradi, Tahereh ^a  

^a KAROLINSKA INSTITUTE   (Sweden)

^b UNIVERSITY OF BIRMINGHAM   (United Kingdom)

^c Center for Evidence Based Global Health Nigeria   (Nigeria)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AFRICA SOUTH OF THE SAHARA; ARTICLE; ATTITUDE TO HEALTH; DOMESTIC VIOLENCE; FEMALE; HEALTH SURVEY; HUMAN; MALE; MARRIAGE; META ANALYSIS; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; SEX DIFFERENCE; SEXUALITY; SOCIAL PSYCHOLOGY; SOCIOECONOMICS;

ADULT; AFRICA SOUTH OF THE SAHARA; ATTITUDE TO HEALTH; DOMESTIC VIOLENCE; FEMALE; HEALTH SURVEYS; HUMANS; MALE; MARRIAGE; PREJUDICE; SEX FACTORS; SEXUAL PARTNERS; SOCIOECONOMIC FACTORS; WOMEN;

EID: 77951603435     PISSN: None     EISSN: 14712458     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1186/1471-2458-10-223     Document Type: Article

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