Sexually abused children 5 years after presentation: A case-control study

Pediatrics

Volumn 100, Issue 4, 1997, Pages 600-608

  Swanston, Heather Y ^a   Tebbutt, Jennifer S ^a   O'Toole, Brian I ^b   Oates, R Kim ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SYDNEY   (Australia)

^b UNIVERSITY OF QUEENSLAND   (Australia)

Author keywords

Behavior; Control; Psychological; Sexual abuse

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ARTICLE; AUTOMUTILATION; CHILD; CHILD ABUSE; FEMALE; HUMAN; LIFE EVENT; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; SELF CONCEPT; SELF ESTEEM; SUICIDE;

ADOLESCENT; ADOLESCENT BEHAVIOR; ADOLESCENT PSYCHOLOGY; ANXIETY; CASE-CONTROL STUDIES; CHILD; CHILD ABUSE, SEXUAL; CHILD BEHAVIOR; CHILD PSYCHOLOGY; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; DEPRESSION; EATING DISORDERS; FEMALE; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; HUMANS; MALE; PARENT-CHILD RELATIONS; SELF CONCEPT;

EID: 0030868840     PISSN: 00314005     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1542/peds.100.4.600     Document Type: Article

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