Domestic Violence Against Married Women in Egypt

Sex Roles

Volumn 63, Issue 5, 2010, Pages 332-347

  Yount, Kathryn M ^a   Li, Li ^a  

^a EMORY UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Cross cultural; Domestic violence; Egypt; Family; Gender; Intimate partner violence

Indexed keywords

EID: 77956181279     PISSN: 03600025     EISSN: 15732762     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s11199-010-9793-3     Document Type: Article

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