Women's Health Issues
Volume 18, Issue 6 , Pages 442-452 , November 2008

Spousal Violence Against Women and Suicidal Ideation in Bangladesh

  • Ruchira Tabassum Naved, MS, PhD

      Affiliations

    • Social and Behavioural Sciences Unit, Public Health Sciences Division, ICDDR, B, Mohakhali, Bangladesh
    • Corresponding Author InformationCorrespondence to: Ruchira Tabassum Naved, Social and Behavioural Sciences Unit, Public Health Sciences Division, ICDDR, B, Mohakhali, Dhaka-1212, Bangladesh; Phone: 880-2-8810021; Fax: 880-2-8826050.
    • ,
  • Nazneen Akhtar, MS (Hons)

      Affiliations

    • Reproductive Health Unit, Public Health Sciences Division, ICDDR, B, Mohakhali, Bangladesh

Received 17 August 2007 ,Revised 15 July 2008 ,Accepted 15 July 2008.

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doi: 10.1016/j.whi.2008.07.003

Women's Health Issues
Volume 18, Issue 6 , Pages 442-452 , November 2008

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