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Prevalence of intimate partner violence and its associated risk factors among Saudi female patients attending the primary healthcare centers in Western Saudi Arabia

Turki A. Alzahrani, Bahaa A. Abaalkhail and Iman K. Ramadan
Saudi Medical Journal January 2016, 37 (1) 96-99; DOI: https://doi.org/10.15537/smj.2016.1.13135
Turki A. Alzahrani
From the Department of Family Medicine (Alzahrani), Al-Hada Armed Forces Hospital, Taif, the Department of Family and Community Medicine (Abaalkhail, Ramadan), Medical College and Faculty of Medicine, King Abdulaziz University, Jeddah, Kingdom of Saudi Arabia
MBBS, MPH
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Bahaa A. Abaalkhail
From the Department of Family Medicine (Alzahrani), Al-Hada Armed Forces Hospital, Taif, the Department of Family and Community Medicine (Abaalkhail, Ramadan), Medical College and Faculty of Medicine, King Abdulaziz University, Jeddah, Kingdom of Saudi Arabia
MBBS, PhD
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Iman K. Ramadan
From the Department of Family Medicine (Alzahrani), Al-Hada Armed Forces Hospital, Taif, the Department of Family and Community Medicine (Abaalkhail, Ramadan), Medical College and Faculty of Medicine, King Abdulaziz University, Jeddah, Kingdom of Saudi Arabia
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