Sexual violence and its prevalence among adolescents, Brazil;Violência sexual e sua prevalência em adolescents de Porto Alegre, Brasil

Revista de Saude Publica

Volumn 37, Issue 1, 2003, Pages 8-14

  Vanoni Polanczyk, Guilherme ^a   Zavaschi, Maria Lucrécia ^a   Benetti, Silvia ^b   Zenker, Raquel ^a   Wainberg Gammerman, Patrícia ^a  

^a FEDERAL UNIVERSITY OF RIO GRANDE DO SUL   (Brazil)

^b UNIVERSIDADE DO VALE DO RIO DOS SINOS   (Brazil)

Author keywords

Adolescence; Child abuse, sexual; Health surveys; Prevalence; Sexual abuse; Violence; Witness

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ARTICLE; BRAZIL; CHILD SEXUAL ABUSE; COMMUNITY CARE; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; HEALTH SURVEY; HUMAN; MALE; PREVALENCE; PREVENTIVE HEALTH SERVICE; PRIMARY SCHOOL; RANDOMIZATION; SAMPLING; SOCIAL PROBLEM; STUDENT; VICTIM; WITNESS;

EID: 12244306260     PISSN: 00348910     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1590/s0034-89102003000100004     Document Type: Article

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