Substance abuse and behavioral correlates of sexual assault among South African adolescents

Child Abuse and Neglect

Volumn 28, Issue 6, 2004, Pages 683-696

  King, Gary ^a   Flisher, Alan J ^b   Noubary, Farzad ^a,b   Reece, Robert ^c   Marais, Adele ^b   Lombard, Carl ^d  

^a PENNSYLVANIA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CAPE TOWN   (South Africa)

^c TUFTS UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^d SOUTH AFRICAN MEDICAL RESEARCH COUNCIL   (South Africa)

Author keywords

Sexual assault; South Africa; Substance abuse

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ALCOHOL CONSUMPTION; BEHAVIOR; CORRELATION ANALYSIS; DEMOGRAPHY; FEMALE; HEALTH HAZARD; HEALTH SURVEY; HIGH SCHOOL; HUMAN; LOGISTIC REGRESSION ANALYSIS; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; QUESTIONNAIRE; RAPE; REVIEW; RISK ASSESSMENT; SEX DIFFERENCE; SEXUAL CRIME; SMOKING; SOCIOECONOMICS; STUDENT; SUBSTANCE ABUSE; SUICIDE ATTEMPT;

EID: 2942541826     PISSN: 01452134     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.chiabu.2003.12.003     Document Type: Article

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