Intimate partner violence in Sri Lanka

BioScience Trends

Volumn 4, Issue 3, 2010, Pages 90-95

  Jayatilleke, Achini C ^a   Poudel, Krishna C ^a   Yasuoka, Junko ^a   Jayatilleke, Achala U ^a,b   Jimba, Masamine ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TOKYO   (Japan)

^b UNIVERSITY OF KELANIYA   (Sri Lanka)

Author keywords

Human rights; Intimate partner violence; Patterns; Prevalence; Sri lanka; Women

Indexed keywords

FACTUAL DATABASE; FEMALE; HUMAN; MEDICAL STUDENT; PARTNER VIOLENCE; PREGNANCY; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; PUBLIC OPINION; REVIEW; SEXUALITY; SRI LANKA; STATISTICS; VIOLENCE;

DATABASES, FACTUAL; FEMALE; HUMANS; PREGNANCY; PUBLIC OPINION; SEXUAL PARTNERS; SPOUSE ABUSE; SRI LANKA; STUDENTS, MEDICAL; VIOLENCE;

EID: 77957059992     PISSN: 18817815     EISSN: 18817823     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Review

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