Gender differences in abused children with and without disabilities

Child Abuse and Neglect

Volumn 21, Issue 8, 1997, Pages 707-720

  Sobsey, Dick ^a   Randall, Wade ^a   Parrila, Rauno K ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ALBERTA   (Canada)

Author keywords

Adolescents; Child abuse; Children; Handicapped; Human sex differences

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; AGE; ARTICLE; BATTERED CHILD SYNDROME; CHILD; CHILD ABUSE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DISABILITY; FEMALE; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; NEGLECT; PRESCHOOL CHILD; SCHOOL CHILD; SEX DIFFERENCE; SEXUAL ABUSE;

ADOLESCENT; AGE DISTRIBUTION; CHI-SQUARE DISTRIBUTION; CHILD; CHILD ABUSE; CHILD ABUSE, SEXUAL; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; DATABASES, FACTUAL; DISABLED PERSONS; FEMALE; HEALTH SURVEYS; HUMANS; INFANT; MALE; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; RISK FACTORS; SAMPLING STUDIES; SEX FACTORS; UNITED STATES;

EID: 0030840734     PISSN: 01452134     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0145-2134(97)00033-1     Document Type: Article

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