A retrospective study of factors affecting the disclosure of childhood sexual and physical abuse

Child Sexual Abuse: Disclosure, Delay, and Denial

Volumn , Issue , 2013, Pages 175-194

  Bottoms, Bette L ^a   Rudnicki, Aaron G ^a   Epstein, Michelle A ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ILLINOIS AT CHICAGO   (United States)

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EID: 58149501979     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book    
DOI: 10.4324/9780203936832     Document Type: Chapter

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