Children needing protection: Experience from South Asia

Archives of Disease in Childhood

Volumn 92, Issue 10, 2007, Pages 931-934

  Harendra De Silva, D G ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF KELANIYA   (Sri Lanka)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CHILD ABUSE; CHILD HEALTH CARE; CHILD NEGLECT; CHILD SEXUAL ABUSE; HUMAN; PREVALENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REVIEW; SOUTH ASIA; VIOLENCE;

ADOLESCENT; ASIA; CHILD; CHILD ABUSE; CHILD ABUSE, SEXUAL; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; EMPLOYMENT; FEMALE; HUMANS; INFANT; MALE; MILITARY PERSONNEL; PREVALENCE; SRI LANKA;

EID: 35148816950     PISSN: 00039888     EISSN: 14682044     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1136/adc.2006.101196     Document Type: Review

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