Childhood sexual abuse among outpatients attending adult psychiatric outpatient clinics: A case-control study

West Indian Medical Journal

Volumn 56, Issue 2, 2007, Pages 152-158

  Baboolal, N S ^a   Lalla, S ^a   Chai, M ^a   Curtis, R ^a   Nandwani, C ^a   Olivier, L ^a   Smith, C ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF THE WEST INDIES   (Trinidad and Tobago)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CARIBBEAN ISLANDS; CHI SQUARE TEST; CHILD SEXUAL ABUSE; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORRELATION COEFFICIENT; DEMOGRAPHY; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; EARLY CHILDHOOD INTERVENTION; FEMALE; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MENTAL DISEASE; MENTAL PATIENT; PATIENT CARE; PSYCHOLOGIC ASSESSMENT; QUESTIONNAIRE; RISK ASSESSMENT; RISK FACTOR; SCHOOL CHILD; SEMI STRUCTURED INTERVIEW; SOCIAL BEHAVIOR; SOCIAL NETWORK; STATISTICAL ANALYSIS; STATISTICAL SIGNIFICANCE;

EID: 34548286527     PISSN: 00433144     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1590/S0043-31442007000200009     Document Type: Article

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