Obesity in girls and penetrative sexual abuse in childhood

Acta Paediatrica, International Journal of Paediatrics

Volumn 98, Issue 1, 2009, Pages 144-147

  Pinhas Hamiel, Orit ^a,b   Modan Moses, Dalit ^a,b   Herman Raz, Meirav ^a   Reichman, Brian ^a,b  

^a SHEBA MEDICAL CENTER   (Israel)

^b TEL AVIV UNIVERSITY   (Israel)

Author keywords

Childhood; Girls; Obesity; Penetrative abuse complications; Sexual abuse

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ARTICLE; AUTOMUTILATION; BEHAVIOR DISORDER; BODY MASS; CHILD; CHILD ABUSE; CHILD SEXUAL ABUSE; CHILDHOOD DISEASE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIURNAL ENURESIS; FEMALE; HUMAN; OBESITY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PSYCHOLOGIC TEST; SCHOOL CHILD; SEXUAL INTERCOURSE;

ADAPTATION, PSYCHOLOGICAL; BODY MASS INDEX; BODY WEIGHT; CHILD; CHILD ABUSE, SEXUAL; FEMALE; HUMANS; ISRAEL; OBESITY; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; RISK FACTORS;

EID: 57449084154     PISSN: 08035253     EISSN: 16512227     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1651-2227.2008.01044.x     Document Type: Article

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