Incidence of child and adolescent abuse among incarcerated females in the Northeast of Brazil

Journal of Tropical Pediatrics

Volumn 50, Issue 5, 2004, Pages 292-296

  Falbo, Gilliatt ^a,b   Caminha, Fátima ^a   Aguiar, Florence ^a   Albuquerque, Jácia ^a   de Lourdes Chacon, Ma ^a   Miranda, Simone ^a   Marques, Sônia ^a  

^a INSTITUTO DE MEDICINA INTEGRAL PROF FERNANDO FIGUEIRA   (Brazil)

^b Grupo de Estudos da Violência   (Brazil)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; BRAZIL; CHILD ABUSE; CHILD NEGLECT; CONDUCT DISORDER; CONTROLLED STUDY; CRIMINAL BEHAVIOR; DRUG ABUSE; EDUCATION; FAMILY HISTORY; FAMILY LIFE; FAMILY VIOLENCE; FEMALE; HUMAN; INCIDENCE; JUVENILE DELINQUENCY; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MEDICAL RESEARCH; POVERTY; PREDICTION; PREVALENCE; PRISON; SEXUAL ABUSE; SEXUAL BEHAVIOR; SOCIAL BEHAVIOR; SOCIAL STATUS; WITNESS;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGE DISTRIBUTION; AGED; BRAZIL; CHILD; CHILD ABUSE; CONDUCT DISORDER; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; FEMALE; HUMANS; INCIDENCE; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PRISONERS; QUESTIONNAIRES; RISK FACTORS; SELF DISCLOSURE; SEXUAL BEHAVIOR; SUBSTANCE-RELATED DISORDERS; WOMEN'S HEALTH;

EID: 5144233046     PISSN: 01426338     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/tropej/50.5.292     Document Type: Article

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