Consequences of childhood sexual abuse experiences on dental care

Journal of Psychosomatic Research

Volumn 62, Issue 5, 2007, Pages 581-588

  Leeners, Brigitte ^a,b   Stiller, Ruth ^a   Block, Emina ^c   Görres, Gisela ^d   Imthurn, Bruno ^a   Rath, Werner ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL ZURICH   (Switzerland)

^b UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL RWTH AACHEN   (Germany)

^c Private Dental Office   (Germany)

^d Support Center for Women Exposed to Sexual Abuse   (Germany)

Author keywords

Childhood sexual abuse; Consequences; Dental care; Dentist; Sequelae

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; CHILD SEXUAL ABUSE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DENTAL CARE; DENTIST; EXPERIENCE; FEMALE; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MENTAL STRESS; SEX DIFFERENCE;

ADULT; CASE-CONTROL STUDIES; CAUSALITY; CHILD; CHILD ABUSE, SEXUAL; COMORBIDITY; DENTAL ANXIETY; DENTIST-PATIENT RELATIONS; FEMALE; HUMANS; MENTAL RECALL; MIDDLE AGED; STATISTICS; STRESS, PSYCHOLOGICAL;

EID: 34247516078     PISSN: 00223999     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jpsychores.2006.11.009     Document Type: Article

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