Children of the sug: A study of the daily lives of street children in Khartoum, Sudan, with intervention recommendations

Child Abuse and Neglect

Volumn 32, Issue 4, 2008, Pages 439-448

  Kudrati, Mustafa ^a   Plummer, Mary L ^b   Yousif, Nassrin Dafaalla El Hag ^a  

^a London School of Hygiene and Tropical Medicine ^*

^b LONDON SCHOOL OF HYGIENE AND TROPICAL MEDICINE   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Addiction; Africa; Glue; Street child; Sudan; Violence

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ARTICLE; CHILD; CHILD ABUSE; CHILD BEHAVIOR; CHILD CARE; CHILD HEALTH CARE; CHILD NEGLECT; CHILD SAFETY; FAMILY; FEEDING BEHAVIOR; FEMALE; HEALTH SURVEY; HOMELESSNESS; HOUSING; HUMAN; HUMAN RELATION; INTERVIEW; LEISURE; MALE; MEDICAL RESEARCH; MONEY; ORGANIZATION; PLAY; POLICE; PROSTITUTION; RAPE; SUDAN;

ADOLESCENT; CHILD; CHILD ABUSE; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; ENERGY INTAKE; FEMALE; GUIDELINES AS TOPIC; HOMELESS YOUTH; HUMANS; MALE; PROSTITUTION; QUALITY OF LIFE; SEXUAL BEHAVIOR; SOCIOECONOMIC FACTORS; STARVATION; SUDAN;

EID: 43049130337     PISSN: 01452134     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.chiabu.2007.07.009     Document Type: Article

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