A rapid systematic review on the association between childhood physical and sexual abuse and illicit drug use among males

Child Abuse Review

Volumn 20, Issue 1, 2011, Pages 6-38

  Butt, Sophia ^a   Chou, Shihning ^b   Browne, Kevin ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF LEICESTER   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF LIVERPOOL   (United Kingdom)

^c UNIVERSITY OF NOTTINGHAM   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Child abuse; Drug misuse; Substance misuse; Systematic review

Indexed keywords

EID: 79251479119     PISSN: 09529136     EISSN: 10990852     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/car.1100     Document Type: Review

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