Thyroid hormone levels and psychological symptoms in sexually abused adolescent girls

Child Abuse and Neglect

Volumn 30, Issue 6, 2006, Pages 589-598

  Haviland, Mark G ^a   Sonne, Janet L ^b   Anderson, Donald L ^a   Nelson, Jerald C ^a   Sheridan Matney, Clare ^a   Nichols, Joy G ^b   Carlton, Esther I ^c   Murdoch, William G C ^a  

^a LOMA LINDA UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b LOMA LINDA UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c QUEST DIAGNOSTICS NICHOLS INSTITUTE   (United States)

Author keywords

Child sexual abuse; Posttraumatic stress disorder; Thyroid hormones

Indexed keywords

LIOTHYRONINE; THYROID HORMONE; THYROTROPIN; THYROXINE;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AROUSAL; ARTICLE; AVOIDANCE BEHAVIOR; BLOOD; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CORRELATION ANALYSIS; DEPRESSION; DISTRESS SYNDROME; FEMALE; FORENSIC MEDICINE; HUMAN; INJURY; LABORATORY; LAW ENFORCEMENT; MEDICAL EXAMINATION; PEDIATRICIAN; POSTTRAUMATIC STRESS DISORDER; PSYCHOLOGIC TEST; QUESTIONNAIRE; SCHOOL CHILD; SEXUAL ABUSE;

ADOLESCENT; CHILD; CHILD ABUSE, SEXUAL; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; DEPRESSION; FEMALE; HUMANS; LAW ENFORCEMENT; QUESTIONNAIRES; SEVERITY OF ILLNESS INDEX; STRESS DISORDERS, POST-TRAUMATIC; THYROID HORMONES;

EID: 33745191889     PISSN: 01452134     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.chiabu.2005.11.011     Document Type: Article

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