Childhood Abuse as a Risk Factor for Adolescent Pregnancy in El Salvador

Journal of Adolescent Health

Volumn 42, Issue 6, 2008, Pages 580-586

  Pallitto, Christina C ^a   Murillo, Victoria ^a  

^a University of Professional Arts ^*  (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Adolescent pregnancy; Child abuse; El Salvador; Intimate partner violence

Indexed keywords

ABUSE; ADOLESCENCE; ADOLESCENT; ADOLESCENT PREGNANCY; ADULT; ARTICLE; BATTERED WOMAN; CHILD ABUSE; EL SALVADOR; FEMALE; HEALTH SURVEY; HUMAN; HUMAN RIGHTS; INFORMATION PROCESSING; INTIMACY; JUVENILE; KNOWLEDGE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MULTIVARIATE LOGISTIC REGRESSION ANALYSIS; PARTNER VIOLENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REPRODUCTIVE HEALTH; RISK FACTOR; SEXUAL ABUSE; SEXUALITY; SOCIAL BEHAVIOR; SOUTH AND CENTRAL AMERICA; VULNERABLE POPULATION; WITNESS;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; CHILD ABUSE; EL SALVADOR; FEMALE; HEALTH SURVEYS; HUMANS; PREGNANCY; PREGNANCY IN ADOLESCENCE; RISK FACTORS; SEXUAL PARTNERS; VIOLENCE;

EID: 43449120121     PISSN: 1054139X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jadohealth.2007.11.148     Document Type: Article

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