Descriptive Epidemiology of Chronic Childhood Adversity in Mexican Adolescents

Journal of Adolescent Health

Volumn 45, Issue 5, 2009, Pages 483-489

  Benjet, Corina ^a   Borges, Guilherme ^a   Medina Mora, María Elena ^a   Zambrano, Joaquín ^a   Cruz, Carlos ^a   Méndez, Enrique ^a,b  

^a INSTITUTO NACIONAL DE PSIQUIATRÍA RAMÓN DE LA FUENTE MUÑIZ   (Mexico)

^b Ciudad Universitaria   (Mexico)

Author keywords

Abuse; Adolescence; Adversity; Epidemiology; Health; Hispanic; Latino; Violence; Youth

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ARTICLE; CHILD; CHILD ABUSE; CHILD NEGLECT; CHILD SEXUAL ABUSE; CHILDHOOD DISEASE; CONTROLLED STUDY; CRIMINAL BEHAVIOR; DOMESTIC VIOLENCE; FAMILY VIOLENCE; FEMALE; HEALTH SURVEY; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MENTAL DISEASE; MEXICO; PARENTAL DEPRIVATION; PHYSICAL DISEASE; PREVALENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SCHOOL CHILD; SOCIOECONOMICS; SUBSTANCE ABUSE;

ADOLESCENT; CHILD ABUSE; CHILD OF IMPAIRED PARENTS; FEMALE; HUMANS; INTERVIEWS AS TOPIC; LIFE CHANGE EVENTS; MALE; MEXICO; POVERTY; URBAN POPULATION;

EID: 70349880606     PISSN: 1054139X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jadohealth.2009.03.002     Document Type: Article

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