The prevalence of childhood sexual abuse and adolescent unwanted sexual contact among boys and girls living in Victoria, Australia

Child Abuse and Neglect

Volumn 34, Issue 5, 2010, Pages 379-385

  Moore, Elya E ^a,b   Romaniuk, Helena ^a,c,d   Olsson, Craig A ^a,d   Jayasinghe, Yasmin ^a,b,d   Carlin, John B ^a,c,d   Patton, George C ^a,d  

^a MURDOCH CHILDREN'S RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (Australia)

^b ROYAL WOMEN'S HOSPITAL   (Australia)

^c Clinical Epidemiology and Biostatistics Unit   (Australia)

^d UNIVERSITY OF MELBOURNE   (Australia)

Author keywords

Adolescent unwanted sexual contact; Childhood sexual abuse; Prevalence

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ARTICLE; AUSTRALIA; CHILD SEXUAL ABUSE; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; HUMAN; ILLEGITIMACY; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; QUANTITATIVE ANALYSIS; QUESTIONNAIRE; SELF REPORT; SEX DIFFERENCE; SEXUAL INTERCOURSE;

ADOLESCENT; CHILD; CHILD ABUSE, SEXUAL; COERCION; FEMALE; HUMANS; INTERVIEWS AS TOPIC; MALE; QUESTIONNAIRES; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; SEXUAL BEHAVIOR; VICTORIA;

EID: 77952582444     PISSN: 01452134     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.chiabu.2010.01.004     Document Type: Article

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