Intimate partner violence and its association with women's reproductive health in Pakistan

International Journal of Gynecology and Obstetrics

Volumn 117, Issue 1, 2012, Pages 10-14

  Zakar, Rubeena ^a   Zakar, Muhammad Z ^a,b   Mikolajczyk, Rafael ^c   Krämer, Alexander ^a  

^a BIELEFELD UNIVERSITY   (Germany)

^b UNIVERSITY OF THE PUNJAB   (Pakistan)

^c UNIVERSITY OF BREMEN   (Germany)

Author keywords

Intimate partner violence; Reproductive health; Sexually transmitted infections; Unintended pregnancies

Indexed keywords

CONTRACEPTIVE AGENT;

ADULT; ARTICLE; FEMALE; HEALTH SURVEY; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MARRIAGE; PAKISTAN; PARTNER VIOLENCE; PRENATAL CARE; PREVALENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REPRODUCTIVE HEALTH; SEXUAL ABUSE; STRUCTURED INTERVIEW; UNWANTED PREGNANCY;

EID: 84858283671     PISSN: 00207292     EISSN: 18793479     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ijgo.2011.10.032     Document Type: Article

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