Sexual violations among married women in southeastern Nigeria

International Journal of Gynecology and Obstetrics

Volumn 110, Issue 2, 2010, Pages 141-144

  Chigbu, Chibuike O ^a   Ekweazi, Kingsley E ^a   Chigbu, Chioma C ^b   Iwuji, Stella E ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NIGERIA   (Nigeria)

^b Aghaeze Hospital Enugu   (Nigeria)

^c IMO STATE UNIVERSITY   (Nigeria)

Author keywords

Marriage; Nigeria; Sexual violation

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; CULTURAL ANTHROPOLOGY; DECISION MAKING; DOMESTIC VIOLENCE; EDUCATIONAL STATUS; FEMALE; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MARRIED WOMAN; NIGERIA; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SEX; SEXUAL ABUSE; SEXUAL BEHAVIOR; SEXUAL HARASSMENT; SOCIAL DOMINANCE; STRUCTURED QUESTIONNAIRE; UNEMPLOYMENT; VERBAL HOSTILITY; WOMEN'S RIGHTS; CLINICAL TRIAL; EPIDEMIOLOGY; HEALTH SURVEY; MULTICENTER STUDY; OUTPATIENT DEPARTMENT; PREVALENCE; SEXUAL CRIME; SPOUSE; STATISTICS AND NUMERICAL DATA; YOUNG ADULT;

ADULT; FEMALE; HEALTH SURVEYS; HUMANS; NIGERIA; OUTPATIENT CLINICS, HOSPITAL; PREVALENCE; SEX OFFENSES; SPOUSES; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 77955424622     PISSN: 00207292     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ijgo.2010.02.013     Document Type: Article

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