Making a link between childhood physical abuse and cancer: Results from a regional representative survey

Cancer

Volumn 115, Issue 14, 2009, Pages 3341-3350

  Fuller Thomson, Esme ^a,b   Brennenstuhl, Sarah ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TORONTO   (Canada)

^b UNIVERSITY OF TORONTO   (Canada)

Author keywords

Adult health behaviors; Adult socioeconomic status; Adverse childhood experiences; Childhood maltreatment; Childhood physical abuse; Childhood stressors

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGE DISTRIBUTION; AGED; ARTICLE; CANADA; CHILD; CHILD ABUSE; CHILDHOOD CANCER; CHILDHOOD PHYSICAL ABUSE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; EVIDENCE BASED PRACTICE; HEALTH BEHAVIOR; HEALTH CARE PERSONNEL; HEALTH SURVEY; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; PREVALENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RACE; RISK FACTOR; SCHOOL CHILD; SEX DIFFERENCE; SOCIAL STATUS; STRESS;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; CHILD; CHILD ABUSE; FEMALE; HEALTH BEHAVIOR; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NEOPLASMS; PARENTS; RISK FACTORS; SOCIOECONOMIC FACTORS; STRESS, PSYCHOLOGICAL; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 68549115395     PISSN: 0008543X     EISSN: 10970142     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/cncr.24372     Document Type: Article

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