Child abuse and neglect in the Arab Peninsula

Saudi Medical Journal

Volumn 28, Issue 2, 2007, Pages 241-248

  Al Mahroos, Fadheela T ^a  

^a ARABIAN GULF UNIVERSITY   (Bahrain)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BAHRAIN; CHILD; CHILD ABUSE; CHILD NEGLECT; CHILD SEXUAL ABUSE; DEATH; FATALITY; HEALTH SURVEY; HOME; HUMAN; MEDICAL LITERATURE; MUNCHAUSEN SYNDROME BY PROXY; OMAN; REVIEW; SCHOOL; UNITED ARAB EMIRATES; YEMEN;

AGE DISTRIBUTION; CHILD; CHILD ABUSE; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; DEVELOPING COUNTRIES; EDUCATIONAL STATUS; FEMALE; HUMANS; INCIDENCE; KUWAIT; MALE; OMAN; RISK ASSESSMENT; RURAL POPULATION; SAUDI ARABIA; SEX DISTRIBUTION; SOCIOECONOMIC FACTORS; SURVIVAL ANALYSIS; UNITED ARAB EMIRATES; URBAN POPULATION; YEMEN;

EID: 34147157951     PISSN: 03795284     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Review

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