The prevalence of domestic violence against women among a group woman: Ankara, Turkey: Domestic violence against women in Ankara

Journal of Family Violence

Volumn 25, Issue 5, 2010, Pages 449-460

  Akar, Taner ^a   Aksakal, F Nur ^a   Demirel, Birol ^a   Durukan, Elif ^b   Özkan, Seçil ^a  

^a GAZI UNIVERSITY FACULTY OF MEDICINE   (Turkey)

^b BASKENT UNIVERSITY   (Turkey)

Author keywords

Domestic violence; Forensic medicine; Public health; Turkey; Woman

Indexed keywords

EID: 77952426711     PISSN: 08857482     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10896-010-9306-8     Document Type: Article

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