Sexual Exploitation of Very Young Hmong Girls

Journal of Adolescent Health

Volumn 39, Issue 1, 2006, Pages 111-118

  Edinburgh, Laurel ^a   Saewyc, Elizabeth ^b   Thao, Tru ^c   Levitt, Carolyn ^a  

^a CHILDREN S HOSPITALS AND CLINICS OF MINNESOTA   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF BRITISH COLUMBIA   (Canada)

^c Ramsey County ^*  (United States)

Author keywords

Abuse sequelae; Extra familial sexual abuse; Forensic examination of sexual abuse; Gang rape; Hmong adolescents; Sexual assault; Teen prostitution; Videocolposcopic findings of gynecologic trauma

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ARTICLE; AUTOMUTILATION; CHI SQUARE TEST; CHILD SEXUAL ABUSE; CHLAMYDIA; COMPARATIVE STUDY; CONTROLLED STUDY; DEMOGRAPHY; ETHNOLOGY; FEMALE; GIRL; GYNECOLOGICAL EXAMINATION; HIGH RISK BEHAVIOR; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MULTIVARIATE LOGISTIC REGRESSION ANALYSIS; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; PHYSICAL ACTIVITY; PREDICTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROSTITUTION; RAPE; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; RUNAWAY BEHAVIOR; SCHOOL CHILD; SEXUAL BEHAVIOR; SEXUAL CRIME; SUICIDAL BEHAVIOR;

ADOLESCENT; CHILD; CHILD ABUSE, SEXUAL; CULTURAL CHARACTERISTICS; FEMALE; HOMELESS YOUTH; HUMANS; INCIDENCE; LAOS; MINNESOTA; PROSTITUTION; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; RISK FACTORS; SELF-INJURIOUS BEHAVIOR; SEXUAL BEHAVIOR; SEXUALLY TRANSMITTED DISEASES; SUICIDE;

EID: 33744991299     PISSN: 1054139X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jadohealth.2005.09.003     Document Type: Article

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