Domestic violence and its impact on married women's health in Eastern Saudi Arabia

Saudi Medical Journal

Volumn 32, Issue 6, 2011, Pages 612-620

  Afifi, Zeinab Emam M ^a   Al Muhaideb, Nouriah S ^a   Hadish, Nina F ^b   Ismail, Faten I ^a   Al Qeamy, Fatema M ^a  

^a KING FAISAL UNIVERSITY   (Saudi Arabia)

^b Al Ahsa Directorate of Health Affairs   (Saudi Arabia)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ABORTION; ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ARTICLE; BLEEDING; BODY MASS; DIZZINESS; DOMESTIC VIOLENCE; FEMALE; HEALTH STATUS; HEALTH SURVEY; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MARRIED WOMAN; PAIN; PREGNANCY; SAUDI ARABIA; SEXUAL ABUSE; STRESS; STRUCTURED INTERVIEW; VAGINA BLEEDING; WOMEN'S HEALTH;

ANIMALS; DOMESTIC VIOLENCE; FEMALE; HUMANS; MARRIAGE; WOMEN'S HEALTH;

EID: 79959316409     PISSN: 03795284     EISSN: 16583175     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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