Pregnancy and delivery for women with a history of child sexual abuse

Child Abuse and Neglect

Volumn 23, Issue 1, 1999, Pages 81-90

  Grimstad, Hilde ^a   Schei, Berit ^a  

^a University Medical Center   (Norway)

Author keywords

Child sexual abuse; Low birth weight; Pregnancy

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; CHILD ABUSE; CHILDBIRTH; CIGARETTE SMOKING; DATA ANALYSIS; EXPERIENCE; FEMALE; HIGH RISK POPULATION; HUMAN; LOW BIRTH WEIGHT; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MENARCHE; OBSTETRICS; PREGNANCY; SELF REPORT; SEXUAL ABUSE; UNEMPLOYMENT;

CASE-CONTROL STUDIES; CHILD; CHILD ABUSE, SEXUAL; DELIVERY, OBSTETRIC; FEMALE; HEALTH STATUS INDICATORS; HUMANS; INFANT, LOW BIRTH WEIGHT; INFANT, NEWBORN; PREGNANCY; PREGNANCY OUTCOME; RISK-TAKING; SOCIOECONOMIC FACTORS;

EID: 0032957401     PISSN: 01452134     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0145-2134(98)00113-6     Document Type: Article

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