Child Pornography: Legal and Medical Considerations

Advances in Pediatrics

Volumn 56, Issue 1, 2009, Pages 203-218

  Berkowitz, Carol D ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CHILD; CHILD SEXUAL ABUSE; CHILD WELFARE; COUNSELING; HUMAN; INTERNATIONAL COOPERATION; INTERNET; LEGAL ASPECT; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; PUBERTY; PUBLICATION; REVIEW; VICTIM;

CHILD; CHILD ABUSE, SEXUAL; CHILD WELFARE; COUNSELING; CRIME VICTIMS; EROTICA; HUMANS; INTERNATIONAL COOPERATION; INTERNET; PUBERTY;

EID: 72049133388     PISSN: 00653101     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book Series    
DOI: 10.1016/j.yapd.2009.08.002     Document Type: Review

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