Psychiatric evaluation of sexual abuse cases: A clinical representative sample from Turkey

Children and Youth Services Review

Volumn 32, Issue 10, 2010, Pages 1285-1290

  Perdahli Fis, Nese ^a   Arman, Ayse ^a   Kalaca, Sibel ^b   Berkem, Meral ^a  

^a MARMARA UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (Turkey)

^b MARMARA UNIVERSITY   (Turkey)

Author keywords

Child psychiatry; Child sexual abuse; Forensic psychiatry

Indexed keywords

EID: 77955713926     PISSN: 01907409     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.childyouth.2010.04.020     Document Type: Article

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