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The Gendered Nose and its Lack: "Medieval" Nose-Cutting and its Modern Manifestations.
Skinner P.
J Womens Hist. 2014 Spring;26(1):45-67.
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Afghanistan
 
          Journal Papers, Abstracts, and Commentaries
 
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An individually randomized controlled trial to determine the effectiveness of the Women for Women International Programme in reducing intimate partner violence and strengthening livelihoods amongst women in Afghanistan: trial design, methods and baseline findings.
Gibbs A, Corboz J, Shafiq M,  et al
BMC Public Health. 2018 Jan 22;18(1):164.
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The Gendered Nose and its Lack: "Medieval" Nose-Cutting and its Modern Manifestations.
Skinner P.
J Womens Hist. 2014 Spring;26(1):45-67.
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Iran
 
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Association of intimate partner violence with sociodemographic factors in married women: a population-based study in Iran.
Ahmadi R, Soleimani R, Jalali MM, et al  
Psychol Health Med. 2016 Sep 27:1-11.
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Prevalence and Risk Factors of Domestic Violence against Iranian Women- A Cross-Sectional Study
Mohamadian F, Hashemian A, Bagheri M, Direkvand-Moghadam A.
 Korean J Fam Med. 2016 Jul;37(4):253-8
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Domestic violence against women as a risk factor for depressive and anxiety disorders: findings from domestic violence household survey in Tehran, Iran.
Ahmadzad-Asl M, Davoudi F, Zarei N, et al
Arch Womens Ment Health. 2016 Mar 16
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Quality of life in women who were exposed to domestic violence during pregnancy.
Tavoli Z, Tavoli A, Amirpour R,  et al
 BMC Pregnancy Childbirth. 2016 Jan 26;16(1):19.
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The Lived Experience of Domestic Violence in Iranian HIV-Infected Women.
Mohammadi N, Kochak HE, Gharacheh M.
 Glob J Health Sci. 2015 Feb 24;7(5):41347
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Quality of work life and its association with workplace violence of the nurses in emergency departments.
Eslamian J, Akbarpoor AA, Hoseini SA.
 Iran J Nurs Midwifery Res. 2015 Jan-Feb;20(1):56-62.
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Violence and Abuse Against Women Who Have Attempted Suicide by Deliberate Self-Poisoning: A 2-Year Follow-Up Study in Iran.
Hassanian-Moghaddam H, Zamani N, Sarjami S.
J Interpers Violence. 2014 Dec 29. pii: 0886260514564157.
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Iranian Women's Experiences with Intimate Partner Violence: A Qualitative Study.
Taherkhani S, Negarandeh R, Simbar M, Ahmadi F.
 Health Promot Perspect. 2014 Dec 30;4(2):230-9.
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Risk factors of domestic violence in iran.
Rasoulian M, Habib S, Bolhari J, et al
J Environ Public Health. 2014;2014:352346
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Intimate partner violence during pregnancy in Urmia, Iran in 2012.
Farrokh-Eslamlou H, Oshnouei S, Haghighi N.
J Forensic Leg Med. 2014 May;24:28-32.
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Violence against Women by Their Intimate Partners in Shahroud in Northeastern Region of Iran.
Hajian S, Vakilian K, Mirzaii Najm-Abadi K, et al
 Glob J Health Sci. 2014 Feb 27;6(3):117
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A Survey on Spousal Abuse of 500 Victims in Iran.
Kiani M, Bazmi S, Rezvani S, Naeeji H.
Am J Forensic Med Pathol. 2014 Jan 22.
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 Intimate partner violence in the eastern part of iran: a path analysis of risk factors.
Moghaddam Hosseini V, Asadi ZS,  et al
Issues Ment Health Nurs. 2013 Aug;34(8):619-25
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 Association of violence against women with religion and culture in Erbil Iraq: a cross-sectional study.
Al-Tawil NG.
BMC Public Health. 2012 Sep 17;12(1):800.
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Prevalence and risk factors for domestic violence against infertile women in an Iranian setting.
Ardabily HE, Moghadam ZB, Salsali M,et al
Int J Gynaecol Obstet. 2010 Oct 18
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Iraq
 
          Journal Papers, Abstracts, and Commentaries
 
   

Relationship between General Health Indices and Sexual Dysfunction in Women Experiencing Spousal Abuse.
Shayan A, Kaviani M, Azima S,
Glob J Health Sci. 2016 Mar 9;8(10):56696.
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Study of the Types of Domestic Violence Committed Against Women Referred to the Legal Medical Organization in Urmia - Iran.
Aghakhani N, Sharif Nia H, et a;
 Iran J Psychiatry Behav Sci. 2015 Dec;9(4):e2446.
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Intimate partner violence during pregnancy in Urmia, Iran in 2012.
Farrokh-Eslamlou H, Oshnouei S, Haghighi N.
J Forensic Leg Med. 2014 May;24:28-32.
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Intimate partner violence against women in the Erbil city of the Kurdistan region, Iraq.
Al-Atrushi HH, Al-Tawil NG, Shabila NP, Al-Hadithi TS.
BMC Womens Health. 2013 Oct 10;13(1):37
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Israel
 
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Personal and Environmental Predictors of Depression Among Victims of Intimate Partner Violence: Comparison of Immigrant and Israeli-Born Women.
Refaeli T, Levy D, Ben-Porat A, et al
J Interpers Violence. 2016 Jun 5.
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The Experience of Mothers Exposed to the Abuse of Their Daughters by an Intimate Partner: "There Is No Definition for It"
Peled E, Gueta K, Sander-Almoznino N.
Violence Against Women. 2016 Jan 29. pii: 1077801215627512
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"I Used to Be an Ordinary Mom": The Maternal Identity of Mothers of Women Abused by an Intimate Partner.
Gueta K, Peled E, Sander-Almoznino N.
Am J Orthopsychiatry. 2016 Jan 11
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Ageing in the Shadow of Violence: A Phenomenological Conceptual Framework for Understanding Elderly Women Who Experienced Lifelong IPV
Band-Winterstein T. J
Elder Abuse Negl. 2015 Sep 11.
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Torn: Social Expectations Concerning Forgiveness Among Women Who Have Experienced Intrafamilial Child Sexual Abuse.
Tener D, Eisikovits Z.
J Interpers Violence. 2015 Jun 30
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Dissociative disorders and possession experiences in Israel: A comparison of opiate use disorder patients, Arab women subjected to domestic violence, and a nonclinical group.
Somer E, Ross C, Kirshberg R,  et al
Transcult Psychiatry. 2014 Oct 9.
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Violently Reactive Women and Their Relationship With an Abusive Mother.
Bailey B, Eisikovits Z.
J Interpers Violence. 2014 Sep 30.
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Factors affecting the compliance of Israeli women with screening for intimate partner violence.
Ben Natan M, Abramov L, Dhokarker A, Israelov E.
Int J Nurs Pract. 2013 Apr;19(2):177-85.
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What Do We Know About Older Abusers? A Typology of Violent Husbands Dwelling in Lifelong Intimate Violence Relationships.
Band-Winterstein T.
 Am J Mens Health. 2013 Jan 20.
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The efficacy of a high school rape prevention program in Israel.
Moor A.
Violence Vict. 2011;26(3):283-95.
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Typology of intimate partner homicide: personal, interpersonal, and environmental characteristics
of men who murdered their female intimate partner.
Elisha E, Idisis Y, Timor U, Addad M.
Int J Offender Ther Comp Criminol. 2010 Aug;54(4):494-516
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Shattered Vision: Disenchantment of Couplehood Among Female Survivors of Violence
in the Shadow of Their Family-of-Origin Experiences.
Buchbinder E, Goldblatt H. 
J Interpers Violence. 2010 May 11.
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Typology of Intimate Partner Homicide: Personal, Interpersonal, and Environmental
Characteristics of Men Who Murdered Their Female Intimate Partner.
Elisha E, Idisis Y, Timor U, Addad M.
Int J Offender Ther Comp Criminol. 2009 Jun 16
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Caring for abused women: impact on nurses' professional and personal life experiences.
Goldblatt H.
 Adv Nurs. 2009 Jun 1.
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Between the Professional and the Private: The Meaning of Working With Intimate Partner Violence
in Social Workers' Private Lives.
Goldblatt H, Buchbinder E, Eisikovits Z, Arizon-Mesinger I.  
Violence Against Women. 2009 Jan 8
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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
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Domestic Violence in Israel: Changing Attitudes.
Muhlbauer V.
Ann N Y Acad Sci. 2006 Nov;1087:301-310.
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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.
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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.
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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
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Jordan
 
          Journal Papers, Abstracts, and Commentaries
 
 
Understanding Intimate Partner Violence in Jordan: Application of the Ecological Model.
 Sabbah EA, Chang YP, Campbell-Heider N.
Perspect Psychiatr Care. 2016 Mar 8.
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Depressive Symptoms in College Women: Examining the Cumulative Effect of Childhood and Adulthood Domestic Violence.
Al-Modallal H.
J Interpers Violence. 2015 Apr 16
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Prevalence of Intimate Partner Violence Among Women Visiting Healthcare Centers in Palestine Refugee Camps in Jordan.
Al-Modallal H, Abu Zayed I, Abujilban S, et al
Health Care Women Int. 2014 Sep 25:0.
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Women's Help Seeking for Intimate Partner Violence in Jordan.
Spencer RA, Shahrouri M, Halasa L, et al
 Health Care Women Int. 2014 Apr;35(4):380-99.
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A Comparison of Intimate Partner Violence Between Jordanian Nurses and Jordanian Women.
Al-Natour A, Gillespie G
L, Wang LL, Felblinger D.
J Forensic Nurs. 2014 Jan 14.
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Experiences of intimate-partner violence and contraception use among ever-married women in Jordan.
O'Hara K, Tsai LC, Carlson CE, Haidar YM.
 East Mediterr Health J. 2013 Oct;19(10):876-82.
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 Screening for domestic violence in Jordan: validation of an Arabic version of a domestic violence
against women questionnaire.
Haddad LG, Shotar A, Younger JB, et al
Int J Womens Health. 2011 Mar 9;3:79-86.
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"An Effect That Is Deeper Than Beating": Family Violence in Jordanian Women.
Morse DS, Paldi Y, Egbarya SS, Jo Clark C.
 Fam Syst Health. 2012 Feb 13
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Psychological outcomes of intimate partner violence experienced by Jordanian working women.
Al-Modallal H, Sowan AK, Hamaideh S, et al 
Health Care Women Int. 2012 Mar;33(3):217-27.
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Why do Jordanian women stay in an abusive relationship: implications for health and social well-being.
Gharaibeh M, Oweis A.
J Nurs Scholarsh. 2009;41(4):376-84.
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Violence During Pregnancy in Jordan: Its Prevalence and Associated Risk and Protective Factors.
 Clark CJ, Hill A, Jabbar K, Silverman JG. 
Violence Against Women. 2009 Mar 5.
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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.
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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
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Attitudes of Jordanian Society Toward Wife Abuse.
Btoush R, Haj-Yahia MM.  
J Interpers Violence. 2008 Mar 6
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Lebanon
 
          Journal Papers, Abstracts, and Commentaries
 
 
Effects of Socialization on Gender Discrimination and Violence Against Women in Lebanon.
Usta J, Farver JM, Hamieh CS.
Violence Against Women. 2015 Sep 18.
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Torture and Long-Term Health Effects Among Lebanese Female Political Prisoners.
Ghaddar A, Elsouri G, Abboud Z.
J Interpers Violence. 2014 Nov 6.
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Involving the health care system in domestic violence: what women want.
Usta J, Antoun J, Ambuel B, Khawaja M.
Ann Fam Med. 2012 May;10(3):213-20.
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Pakistan
 
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Domestic violence in consanguineous marriages - findings from Pakistan Demographic and Health Survey 2012-13.
Shaikh MA.
J Pak Med Assoc. 2016 Oct;66(10):1319-1323.
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 Is Spousal Violence Being "Vertically Transmitted" through Victims? Findings from the Pakistan Demographic and Health Survey 2012-13.
Kanwal Aslam S, Zaheer S, Shafique K. et al
PLoS One. 2015 Jun 17;10(6):e0129790
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Domestic violence and consanguineous marriages - perspective from Rawalpindi, Pakistan.
Shaikh MA, Kayani A, Shaikh IA.
East Mediterr Health J. 2014 Jan 9;19 Suppl 3:S204-7
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An overview of the predictors of depression among adult Pakistani women.
Zahidie A, Jamali T.
J Coll Physicians Surg Pak. 2013 Aug;23(8):574-80
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Violence against Women in Pakistan: Contributing Factors and New Interventions.
Karmaliani Phd R, Pasha Ma A, Hirani Mscn S, et al
Issues Ment Health Nurs. 2012 Dec;33(12
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Voices of Resistance: Seeking Shelter Services in Pakistan.
Critelli FM.
Violence Against Women. 2012 Jul 16.
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Voices of Strength and Struggle: Women's Coping Strategies Against Spousal Violence in
Pakistan.
Zakar R, Zakar MZ, Krämer A.
J Interpers Violence. 2012 May 14.
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Intimate partner violence and its association with women's reproductive health in Pakistan.
Zakar R, Zakar MZ, Mikolajczyk R, Krämer A.
Int J Gynaecol Obstet. 2012 Jan 16.
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Frequency and physical factors associated with gender-based violence in the internally displaced people of
Pakistan.
Qayum M, Mohmand S, Arooj H.
J Coll Physicians Surg Pak. 2012 Jan;22(1):63-5.
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Intimate Partner Violence and Mental Health Effects: A Population-Based Study among Married Women
in Karachi, Pakistan.
Ali TS, Mogren I, Krantz G.
Int J Behav Med. 2011 Oct 27
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Intimate partner violence in urban Pakistan: prevalence, frequency, and risk factors.
Ali TS, Asad N, Mogren I, Krantz G.
 Int J Womens Health. 2011 Mar 16;3:105-15
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 Association of various reproductive rights, domestic violence and marital rape with depression
among Pakistani women.
Ali FA, Israr SM, Ali BS, Janjua NZ.
BMC Psychiatry. ;9:77.
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Barriers to Disclosing and Reporting Violence Among Women in Pakistan: Findings
From a National Household Survey and Focus Group Discussions.
Andersson N, Cockcroft A, Ansari U, et al  
J Interpers Violence. . [Epub ahead of print]
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Psychiatric morbidity and domestic violence: a survey of married women in Lahore.
Ayub M, Irfan M, Nasr T,et al 
Soc Psychiatry Psychiatr Epidemiol. 2009 Nov;44(11):953-60.
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Palestine
 
          Journal Papers, Abstracts, and Commentaries
 
  Dwelling within political violence: Palestinian women's narratives of home, mental health, and resilience.
Sousa CA, Kemp S, El-Zuhairi M.
Health Place. 2014 Oct 9;30C:205-21
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Political violence, health, and coping among Palestinian women in the west bank.
Sousa CA.
Am J Orthopsychiatry. 2013 Oct;83(4):505-19.
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Justification, Perception of Severity and Harm, and Criminalization of Wife Abuse in the
Palestinian Society.
Haj-Yahia MM, Wilson RM, Naqvi SA. J
 Interpers Violence. 2012 Jan 18.
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Saudi Arabia
 
          Journal Papers, Abstracts, and Commentaries
 
  Adverse health effects of spousal violence among women attending Saudi Arabian primary health-care clinics.
Eldoseri HM, Tufts KA, Zhang Q, Fish JN.
 East Mediterr Health J. 2014 Dec 17;20(11):717-25.
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Domestic violence and its impact on married women's health in Eastern Saudi Arabia.
Afifi ZE, Al-Muhaideb NS, Hadish NF,  et al
Saudi Med J. 2011 Jun;32(6):612-20.
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Syria
 
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  Domestic violence among Iraqi refugees in Syria.
Tappis H, Biermann E, Glass N, et al  
 Health Care Women Int. 2012 Mar;33(3):285-97.
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