Domestic violence: “What’s love got to do with it?”

Sultan Qaboos University Medical Journal

Volumn 7, Issue 1, 2007, Pages 5-14

  Al Adawi, Samir ^a   Al Bahlani, Sabah ^b  

^a SULTAN QABOOS UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Oman)

^b MINISTRY OF HEALTH   (Oman)

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EID: 84875038107     PISSN: 2075051X     EISSN: 20750528     Source Type: Journal    
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