Association of violence against women with religion and culture in Erbil Iraq: A cross-sectional study

BMC Public Health

Volumn 12, Issue 1, 2012, Pages

  Al Tawil, Namir Ghanim ^a  

^a HAWLER MEDICAL UNIVERSITY   (Iraq)

Author keywords

Culture; Intimate partner's violence; Religion; VAW (Violence Against Women)

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY; CULTURAL FACTOR; FEMALE; HUMAN; IRAQ; MALE; PARTNER VIOLENCE; PREVALENCE; QUESTIONNAIRE; RELIGION; RISK FACTOR; SOCIOECONOMICS; STATISTICAL MODEL; STATISTICS;

CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; CULTURAL CHARACTERISTICS; FEMALE; HUMANS; IRAQ; LOGISTIC MODELS; MALE; PREVALENCE; QUESTIONNAIRES; RELIGION; RISK FACTORS; SOCIOECONOMIC FACTORS; SPOUSE ABUSE;

MLCS; MLOWN;

EID: 84866143552     PISSN: None     EISSN: 14712458     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1186/1471-2458-12-800     Document Type: Article

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