Interactions between microfinance programmes and non-economic empowerment of women associated with intimate partner violence in Bangladesh: A cross-sectional study

BMJ Open

Volumn 3, Issue 12, 2013, Pages

  Dalal, Koustuv ^a   Dahlström, Örjan ^b   Timpka, Toomas ^b  

^a ÖREBRO UNIVERSITY   (Sweden)

^b LINKÖPING UNIVERSITY   (Sweden)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ARTICLE; BANGLADESH; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY; DECISION MAKING; EDUCATIONAL STATUS; EFFECT SIZE; EMPOWERMENT; FINANCE; HEALTH CARE SURVEY; HUMAN; INCOME; INTERVIEW; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MICROFINANCE PROGRAMME; MIDDLE AGED; PARTNER VIOLENCE; PHYSICAL VIOLENCE; SEXUAL VIOLENCE; SOCIOECONOMICS; WOMEN'S HEALTH; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84892615387     PISSN: None     EISSN: 20446055     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1136/bmjopen-2013-002941     Document Type: Article

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