Legal outcomes of sexually abused children evaluated at the Philippine General Hospital Child Protection Unit

Child Abuse and Neglect

Volumn 33, Issue 3, 2009, Pages 193-202

  Sugue Castillo, Mariella ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF THE PHILIPPINES MANILA   (Philippines)

Author keywords

Child protection; Child sexual abuse; Legal outcomes; Multidisciplinary; Philippines; Transdisciplinary

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ARTICLE; CHILD; CHILD SEXUAL ABUSE; CONTROLLED STUDY; COURT; FEMALE; HUMAN; INFANT; INTERVIEW; LEGAL ASPECT; MALE; MEDICAL RECORD REVIEW; NEWBORN; PHILIPPINES; PRESCHOOL CHILD; SCHOOL CHILD;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; CASE-CONTROL STUDIES; CHILD; CHILD ABUSE, SEXUAL; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; COHORT STUDIES; FEMALE; HOSPITALS, GENERAL; HUMANS; INFANT; MALE; PHILIPPINES; PHYSICAL EXAMINATION; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 63349083023     PISSN: 01452134     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.chiabu.2008.09.004     Document Type: Article

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