Exploring the relationship between poverty, childhood adversity and child abuse from the perspective of adulthood

Child Abuse Review

Volumn 16, Issue 5, 2007, Pages 323-341

  Frederick, John ^a   Goddard, Chris ^a  

^a MONASH UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

Author keywords

Adversity; Child abuse; Poverty

Indexed keywords

EID: 35348938996     PISSN: 09529136     EISSN: 10990852     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/car.971     Document Type: Article

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