Prevalence and determinants of child maltreatment among high school students in Southern China: A large scale school based survey

Child and Adolescent Psychiatry and Mental Health

Volumn 2, Issue , 2008, Pages

  Leung, Phils W S ^a   Wong, William C W ^b   Chen, W Q ^c   Tang, Catherine S K ^d  

^a CHINESE UNIVERSITY OF HONG KONG   (Hong Kong)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MELBOURNE   (Australia)

^c SUN YAT SEN UNIVERSITY   (China)

^d NATIONAL UNIVERSITY OF SINGAPORE   (Singapore)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ACADEMIC ACHIEVEMENT; ADOLESCENT; AGE; ARTICLE; CHILD ABUSE; CHINA; CLINICAL ASSESSMENT TOOL; EDUCATION; FEMALE; GENDER; HEALTH PRACTITIONER; HEALTH SURVEY; HIGH SCHOOL STUDENT; HOUSING; HUMAN; MALE; MENTAL DISEASE; PARENTAL BEHAVIOR; PHYSICAL DISEASE; PREVALENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PUNISHMENT; RANDOM SAMPLE; SEXUAL ABUSE; TABOO; TEACHER;

EID: 53949117359     PISSN: None     EISSN: 17532000     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1186/1753-2000-2-27     Document Type: Article

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