Public Health
Volume 124, Issue 3 , Pages 136-148 , March 2010

Domestic violence in Eastern India: Factors associated with victimization and perpetration

  • B.V. Babu

      Affiliations

    • Regional Medical Research Centre, Indian Council of Medical Research, Bhubaneswar 751 023, Orissa, India
    • Social and Behavioural Research Unit, Indian Council of Medical Research, New Delhi 110 029, India
    • Corresponding Author InformationCorresponding author at: Indian Council of Medical Research, Ansari Nagar, New Delhi 110 029, India. Tel.: +91 11 26172832.
    • ,
  • S.K. Kar

      Affiliations

    • Regional Medical Research Centre, Indian Council of Medical Research, Bhubaneswar 751 023, Orissa, India

Received 23 July 2009 ,Revised 17 December 2009 ,Accepted 27 January 2010.

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