Child abuse: Bahrain's experience

Child Abuse and Neglect

Volumn 29, Issue 2, 2005, Pages 187-193

  Al Mahroos, Fadheela ^a,c   Abdulla, Fouad ^a,c   Kamal, Susan ^b   Al Ansari, Ahmed ^b,c  

^a Sulmaniya Medical Complex   (Bahrain)

^b Psychiatric Hospital   (Bahrain)

^c ARABIAN GULF UNIVERSITY   (Bahrain)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; BAHRAIN; BIRTH; CHILD; CHILD ABUSE; CHILD NEGLECT; CHILD WELFARE; CULTURAL FACTOR; DATA ANALYSIS; DEMOGRAPHY; FEMALE; HEALTH CARE ACCESS; HUMAN; INCIDENCE; INJURY; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MEDICAL RECORD; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; SEXUAL ABUSE; SOCIOECONOMICS; STATISTICAL ANALYSIS; TYPES OF STUDY;

EID: 14144249797     PISSN: 01452134     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.chiabu.2004.07.008     Document Type: Article

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