Dimensions of child sexual abuse before age 15 in three Central American countries: Honduras, El Salvador, and Guatemala

Child Abuse and Neglect

Volumn 32, Issue 4, 2008, Pages 455-462

  Speizer, Ilene S ^a   Goodwin, Mary ^b   Whittle, Lisa ^b   Clyde, Maureen ^b   Rogers, Jennifer ^c  

^a IL   (United States)

^b NATIONAL CENTER FOR CHRONIC DISEASE PREVENTION AND HEALTH PROMOTION   (United States)

^c Repro Health Technologies Project   (United States)

Author keywords

Child sexual abuse; Intimate partner violence; Perpetrator

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; AGE DISTRIBUTION; ARTICLE; BIVARIATE ANALYSIS; CHILD; CHILD SEXUAL ABUSE; EL SALVADOR; FAMILY; FEMALE; GUATEMALA; HONDURAS; HUMAN; INTIMACY; MULTIVARIATE ANALYSIS; OFFENDER; PARTNER VIOLENCE; POPULATION RESEARCH; PREVALENCE; QUESTIONNAIRE;

CHILD; CHILD ABUSE, SEXUAL; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; EL SALVADOR; FEMALE; GUATEMALA; HONDURAS; HUMANS; MALE; POPULATION SURVEILLANCE; PREVALENCE;

EID: 43049110213     PISSN: 01452134     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.chiabu.2007.03.026     Document Type: Article

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