Measuring child exposure to violence and mental health reactions in epidemiological studies: Challenges and current issues;Criança, violência e saúde: Desafios e questões atuais

Ciencia e Saude Coletiva

Volumn 14, Issue 2, 2009, Pages 487-496

  Duarte, Cristiane Seixas ^a   Bordin, Isabel Altenfelder Santos ^b   Green, Genevieve Rachel ^a   Hoven, Christina W ^a  

^a Department of Psychiatry   (United States)

^b FEDERAL UNIVERSITY OF SÃO PAULO   (Brazil)

Author keywords

Child psychopathology; Epidemiology; Measurement; Posttraumatic stress disorder (PTSD); Trauma; Violence

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ARTICLE; CHILD; GRIEF; HUMAN; MENTAL DISEASE; POSTTRAUMATIC STRESS DISORDER; RISK FACTOR; VIOLENCE;

ADOLESCENT; CHILD; GRIEF; HUMANS; MENTAL DISORDERS; RISK FACTORS; STRESS DISORDERS, POST-TRAUMATIC; VIOLENCE;

EID: 67650324335     PISSN: 14138123     EISSN: 16784561     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1590/S1413-81232009000200017     Document Type: Article

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