Domestic Violence Among Iraqi Refugees in Syria

Health Care for Women International

Volumn 33, Issue 3, 2012, Pages 285-297

  Tappis, Hannah ^a   Biermann, Elizabeth ^b   Glass, Nancy ^c   Tileva, Margarita ^b   Doocy, Shannon ^a  

^a JOHNS HOPKINS BLOOMBERG SCHOOL OF PUBLIC HEALTH   (United States)

^b Independent Consultant   (Jordan)

^c JOHNS HOPKINS UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF NURSING   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY; DOMESTIC VIOLENCE; ETHNOLOGY; FEMALE; HEALTH SURVEY; HUMAN; IRAQ; MALE; PREVALENCE; QUESTIONNAIRE; REFUGEE; RISK FACTOR; SOCIOECONOMICS; SPOUSE; STATISTICAL MODEL; STATISTICS; SYRIAN ARAB REPUBLIC;

ADULT; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; DOMESTIC VIOLENCE; FEMALE; HUMANS; IRAQ; LOGISTIC MODELS; MALE; POPULATION SURVEILLANCE; PREVALENCE; QUESTIONNAIRES; REFUGEES; RISK FACTORS; SOCIOECONOMIC FACTORS; SPOUSES; SYRIA; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84857329295     PISSN: 07399332     EISSN: 10964665     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/07399332.2011.645969     Document Type: Article

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