Partnering with parents to prevent childhood sexual abuse

Child Abuse Review

Volumn 19, Issue 2, 2010, Pages 130-152

  Wurtele, Sandy K ^a   Kenny, Maureen C ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF COLORADO   (United States)

^b FLORIDA INTERNATIONAL UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Child sexual abuse; Education; Parents; Prevention

Indexed keywords

EID: 77955598397     PISSN: 09529136     EISSN: 10990852     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/car.1112     Document Type: Article

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