Suicidality Among Battered Women in Tajikistan

Violence Against Women

Volumn 16, Issue 7, 2010, Pages 764-788

  Haarr, Robin N ^a  

^a EASTERN KENTUCKY UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Central Asia; domestic violence; suicide

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ARTICLE; BATTERED WOMAN; FEMALE; HUMAN; INFORMATION PROCESSING; MARRIAGE; MIDDLE AGED; PARTNER VIOLENCE; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; SELF DISCLOSURE; SHAME; STATISTICS; SUICIDE; SUICIDE ATTEMPT; TAJIKISTAN;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; BATTERED WOMEN; DATA COLLECTION; FEMALE; FOCUS GROUPS; HUMANS; MARRIAGE; MIDDLE AGED; SELF DISCLOSURE; SHAME; SPOUSE ABUSE; SUICIDE; SUICIDE, ATTEMPTED; TAJIKISTAN; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 79952113805     PISSN: 10778012     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/1077801210374409     Document Type: Article

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