Women victims of self-immolation: A 'Grounded Theory' study in Iran

Quality and Quantity

Volumn 47, Issue 6, 2013, Pages 3153-3165

  Boostani, Dariush ^a   Abdinia, Shokofeh ^a   Rahimipour Anaraki, Nahid ^a  

^a SHAHID BAHONAR UNIVERSITY OF KERMAN   (Iran)

Author keywords

Grounded Theory; Iran; Lorestan; Qualitative study; Self immolation; Women

Indexed keywords

EID: 84883304863     PISSN: 00335177     EISSN: 15737845     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s11135-012-9709-0     Document Type: Article

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