Childhood sexual abuse by a family member, salivary cortisol, and homicidal behavior of female prison inmates

Nursing Research

Volumn 57, Issue 3, 2008, Pages 166-174

  Brewer Smyth, Kathleen ^b   Burgess, Ann W ^a  

^a BOSTON COLLEGE   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF DELAWARE   (United States)

Author keywords

Brain injuries; Child abuse; Homicide; Murder; Sexual abuse of child; Traumatic brain injury

Indexed keywords

HYDROCORTISONE;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ARTICLE; BLOOD; BRAIN INJURY; CHEMISTRY; CHILD; CHILD SEXUAL ABUSE; CIRCADIAN RHYTHM; CLASSIFICATION; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY; DEPRESSION; FAMILY; FEMALE; HOMICIDE; HUMAN; METABOLISM; PRISONER; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; SALIVA; STATISTICAL MODEL; STATISTICS; SURVIVOR;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ADULT SURVIVORS OF CHILD ABUSE; BRAIN INJURIES; CHILD; CHILD ABUSE, SEXUAL; CIRCADIAN RHYTHM; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; DEPRESSION; FAMILY; FEMALE; HOMICIDE; HUMANS; HYDROCORTISONE; LOGISTIC MODELS; PRISONERS; SALIVA;

EID: 44649200515     PISSN: 00296562     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/01.NNR.0000319501.97864.d5     Document Type: Article

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