Patterns of violence against women in three communities in Alexandria, Egypt

MCN The American Journal of Maternal/Child Nursing

Volumn 37, Issue 5, 2012, Pages 331-338

  Guimei, Maaly ^a   Fikry, Faten Ezeldin ^a   Esheiba, Ola Mamdouh Abd Elwahed ^a  

^a Alexandria University   (Egypt)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; BATTERED WOMAN; COMPARATIVE STUDY; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY; DOMESTIC VIOLENCE; EDUCATIONAL STATUS; EGYPT; FEMALE; HUMAN; LEGAL ASPECT; MALE; PARTNER VIOLENCE; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; RURAL POPULATION; SOCIAL CLASS; SOCIOECONOMICS; STATISTICS; URBAN POPULATION;

ADULT; BATTERED WOMEN; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; DOMESTIC VIOLENCE; EDUCATIONAL STATUS; EGYPT; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; RURAL POPULATION; SOCIAL CLASS; SOCIOECONOMIC FACTORS; SPOUSE ABUSE; URBAN POPULATION;

EID: 84865800799     PISSN: 0361929X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/NMC.0b013e31825c99d8     Document Type: Article

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