Whose problem is it anyway? Crimes against women in India

Global Health Action

Volumn 8, Issue 1, 2015, Pages

  Himabindu, B L ^a   Arora, Radhika ^b   Prashanth, N S ^a  

^a Institute of Public Health   (India)

^b INSTITUTE OF TROPICAL MEDICINE   (Belgium)

Author keywords

Child sex ratio; Delhi gang rape; Gender inequality; Women in India

Indexed keywords

CRIME; EPIDEMIOLOGY; FEMALE; HEALTH DISPARITY; HUMAN; INDIA; LEGISLATION AND JURISPRUDENCE; RAPE; SEX DIFFERENCE; SEXISM; STATISTICS AND NUMERICAL DATA; VIOLENCE;

CRIME; FEMALE; HEALTH STATUS DISPARITIES; HUMANS; INDIA; RAPE; SEX FACTORS; SEXISM; VIOLENCE;

EID: 84922567339     PISSN: None     EISSN: 16549880     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3402/gha.v7.23718     Document Type: Article

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