Prevalence of sexual abuse of people with intellectual disabilities in Taiwan

Intellectual and Developmental Disabilities

Volumn 45, Issue 6, 2007, Pages 373-379

  Pan, Shu Man ^a  

^a NATIONAL TAIWAN NORMAL UNIVERSITY   (Taiwan)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ARTICLE; CHILD; CHILD SEXUAL ABUSE; FEMALE; HUMAN; MALE; MENTAL DEFICIENCY; PREVALENCE; QUESTIONNAIRE; SEXUAL CRIME; STATISTICS; TAIWAN;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; CHILD; CHILD ABUSE, SEXUAL; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MENTAL RETARDATION; PREVALENCE; QUESTIONNAIRES; SEX OFFENSES; TAIWAN;

EID: 37149035219     PISSN: 19349556     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1352/1934-9556(2007)45[373:POSAOP]2.0.CO;2     Document Type: Article

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