Suffering and smiling: West African immigrant women's experience of intimate partner violence

Journal of Clinical Nursing

Volumn 21, Issue 11-12, 2012, Pages 1659-1665

  Ogunsiji, Olayide ^a   Wilkes, Lesley ^a   Jackson, Debra ^a   Peters, Kath ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WESTERN SYDNEY   (Australia)

Author keywords

Intimate partner violence; Violence against women; Women's health

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AFRICA; ARTICLE; AUSTRALIA; DOMESTIC VIOLENCE; ETHNOLOGY; FEMALE; HUMAN; MIGRATION; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; SEXUALITY;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AFRICA, WESTERN; AUSTRALIA; DOMESTIC VIOLENCE; EMIGRANTS AND IMMIGRANTS; FEMALE; HUMANS; SEXUAL PARTNERS; WOMEN; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84861229554     PISSN: 09621067     EISSN: 13652702     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-2702.2011.03947.x     Document Type: Article

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