Sexual abuse of children: Prevalence, effects, and treatment

Annals of the New York Academy of Sciences

Volumn 789, Issue , 1996, Pages 45-66

  Cosentino, Clare E ^a,b   Collins, Michelle ^a  

^a New York State Psychiat Inst and New York Presbyterian Hospital Columbia University Medical Center   (United States)

^b NONE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; BEHAVIOR DISORDER; CHILD; CHILD ABUSE; CHILDHOOD; CONFERENCE PAPER; HUMAN; PRECOCIOUS PUBERTY; PREVALENCE; PSYCHIATRY; RISK FACTOR; SEX DIFFERENCE; SEXUAL ABUSE;

EID: 0029740161     PISSN: 00778923     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book Series    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1749-6632.1996.tb55636.x     Document Type: Conference Paper

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