Prevalence of Intimate Partner Violence Among Women Visiting Health Care Centers in Palestine Refugee Camps in Jordan

Health Care for Women International

Volumn 36, Issue 2, 2015, Pages 137-148

  Al Modallal, Hanan ^a   Abu Zayed, Ishtaiwi ^b   Abujilban, Sanaa ^a   Shehab, Tariq ^a   Atoum, Maysoun ^a  

^a HASHEMITE UNIVERSITY   (Jordan)

^b United Nations Relief and Works Agency for Palestine Refugees in the Near East   (Jordan)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARAB; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY; EPIDEMIOLOGY; ETHNOLOGY; FEMALE; HUMAN; HUMAN RELATION; JORDAN; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PARTNER VIOLENCE; PREVALENCE; PSYCHOLOGY; QUESTIONNAIRE; REFUGEE; RISK FACTOR; SEXUAL BEHAVIOR; SEXUALITY; SOCIOECONOMICS; STATISTICS AND NUMERICAL DATA; YOUNG ADULT;

ADULT; ARABS; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; FEMALE; HUMANS; INTERPERSONAL RELATIONS; JORDAN; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PREVALENCE; QUESTIONNAIRES; REFUGEES; RISK FACTORS; SEXUAL BEHAVIOR; SEXUAL PARTNERS; SOCIOECONOMIC FACTORS; SPOUSE ABUSE; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84924716963     PISSN: 07399332     EISSN: 10964665     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/07399332.2014.948626     Document Type: Article

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