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Regional
 
          Journal Papers, Abstracts, and Commentaries
 
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 The Acid Test; A Male Response to Social Change
Daniszewski J .  
DemiMondaine Summer 1997
 Paper
Indonesia
 
          Internet Reports
 
  Letter to Governments of Malaysia and Indonesia
Human Rights Watch 
April 15, 2006
 Letter
Iran
 
          Journal Papers, Abstracts, and Commentaries
 
 
Opinions about potential causes and triggers of intimate partner violence against women:
a population-based study among married men from Kermanshah city, Iran.
Hamzeh B, Garousi Farshi M, Laflamme L.
Int J Inj Contr Saf Promot. 2008 Dec;15(4):253-63
 Abstract

A study on direct costs of domestic violence against women in legal medicine centers of tehran
(2002).
Fourozan AS, Dejman M, Baradaran-Eftekhari M, Bagheri-Yazdi A.
Arch Iran Med. 2007 Jul;10(3):295-300.
 Abstract
 
  Domestic violence against women attending gynecologic outpatient clinics.
Nojomi M, Agaee S, Eslami S. 
Arch Iran Med. 2007 Jul;10(3):309-15.
 Abstract
Israel
 
          Journal Papers, Abstracts, and Commentaries
 
 
Definitions of and beliefs about wife abuse among undergraduate students of social work.
Haj-Yahia MM, Schiff M
Int J Offender Ther Comp Criminol. 2007 Apr;51(2):170-9
 Abstract
 
Domestic Violence in Israel: Changing Attitudes.
Muhlbauer V.
Ann N Y Acad Sci. 2006 Nov;1087:301-310.
 Abstract
 
Domestic violence among Druze women in Israel as reflected by health status and
somatization level.
Goldblatt H, Granot M. 
Women Health. 2005;42(3):19-36.
 Abstract
 
Perceived Positive Aspects of Intimate Relationships Among Abused Women in Methadone
Maintenance Treatment Programs (MMTP).
JSchiff M, Gilbert L, El-Bassel N., et al   
J Interpers Violence. 2006 Jan;21(1):121-38.
 Abstract
 
Gender, traditionalism, and attitudes toward domestic violence within a closed community.
Shoham E. 
Int J Offender Ther Comp Criminol. 2005 Aug;49(4):427-49
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Multidisciplinary forensic approach - investigation of a neonaticide and alleged concomitant
rape.
Kahana T, Penner M, Nachman R, Hiss J. 
J Clin Forensic Med. 2005 Jun;12(3):143-8
 Abstract
Jordan
 
          Journal Papers, Abstracts, and Commentaries
 
 
Violence Against Women: Unveiling the Suffering of Women With a Low Income in Jordan.
Oweis A, Gharaibeh M, Al-Natour A, Froelicher E.   
J Transcult Nurs. 2008 Oct 2.
 Abstract
 
Intimate partner violence and interference with women's efforts to avoid pregnancy in Jordan.
Clark CJ, Silverman J, Khalaf IA, et al
Stud Fam Plann. 2008 Jun;39(2):123-32
 Abstract

Attitudes of Jordanian Society Toward Wife Abuse.
Btoush R, Haj-Yahia MM.  
J Interpers Violence. 2008 Mar 6
 Abstract
Lebanon
 
          Journal Papers, Abstracts, and Commentaries
 
 
Women, war, and violence: surviving the experience.
Usta J, Farver JA, Zein L.
J Womens Health (Larchmt). 2008 Jun;17(5):793-804.
 Abstract
 
'Coerced sexual intercourse within marriage: a clinic-based study of pregnant Palestinian
refugees in Lebanon.
Khawaja M, Hammoury N.
J Midwifery Womens Health. 2008 Mar-Apr;53(2):150-4.
 Abstract
 
Screening for domestic violence during pregnancy in an antenatal clinic in Lebanon.
Hammoury N, Khawaja M.  
Eur J Public Health. 2007 Mar 25;
 Abstract

Domestic violence: The Lebanese experience.
Usta J, Farver JA, Pashayan N.  
Public Health. 2006 Dec 15;
 Abstract
Malaysia
 
          Internet Reports
 
  Letter to Governments of Malaysia and Indonesia
Human Rights Watch 
April 15, 2006
 Letter
Pakistan
 
          Journal Papers, Abstracts, and Commentaries
 
 
Domestic violence prior to and during pregnancy among Pakistani women.
Karmaliani R, Irfan F, Bann CM, McClure EM, 
Acta Obstet Gynecol Scand. 2008;87(11):1194-201
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ANGRY WIVES, ABUSIVE HUSBANDS: Relationship Between Domestic Violence and Psychosocial Variables.
Naeem F, Irfan M, Zaidi QA, et al  
Womens Health Issues. 2008 Oct 14
 Abstract
 
Prevalence of and reasons for domestic violence among women from low socioeconomic
communities of Karachi.
Ali TS, Bustamante-Gavino I.
East Mediterr Health J. 2007 Nov-Dec;13(6):1417-26.
 Abstract

Pakistani obstetricians' recognition of and attitude towards domestic violence screening.
Fikree FF, Jafarey SN, Korejo R
Int J Gynaecol Obstet. 2004 Oct;87(1):59-65.
 Abstract

      Conference Reports, Abstracts, and Posters 

 
Exploring the nature and context of intimate partner violence among Afghan women living in refugee
camps in Pakistan
Z Noor, E Tsui,  A Ali
(132 APHA)
Abstract
 
Violence against women, marital rape and risk of HIV/AIDS
P T Tufail
 (15IAC)
Abstract
 
Turkey
 
          Journal Papers, Abstracts, and Commentaries
 
 
FULL-TEXT ARTICLE
 Domestic violence against women in Sivas, Turkey: survey study.
Kocacik F, Dogan O. 
Croat Med J. 2006 Oct;47(5):742-9.
Paper

Violence against women in Turkey and the role of women physicians.
Buken NO, Sahinoglu S.  
Nurs Ethics. 2006 Mar;13(2):197-205.
 Abstract

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