Secular trends in child and adult sexual violence - One decreasing and the other increasing: A population survey in Ireland

European Journal of Public Health

Volumn 21, Issue 1, 2011, Pages 98-103

  McGee, Hannah ^a   Garavan, Rebecca ^a   Byrne, Joanne ^b   O'Higgins, Madeleine ^a   Conroy, Ronán M ^a  

^a ROYAL COLLEGE OF SURGEONS IN IRELAND   (Ireland)

^b HEALTH SERVICE EXECUTIVE   (Ireland)

Author keywords

child abuse; population study; prevalence; rape; sexual; trends

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGE; AGED; ARTICLE; CHILD SEXUAL ABUSE; COHORT ANALYSIS; FEMALE; HUMAN; IRELAND; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PREVALENCE; SEX DIFFERENCE; SEXUAL CRIME; STATISTICS;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGE FACTORS; AGED; CHILD ABUSE, SEXUAL; COHORT STUDIES; FEMALE; HUMANS; IRELAND; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PREVALENCE; SEX FACTORS; SEX OFFENSES; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 79251479759     PISSN: 11011262     EISSN: 1464360X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/eurpub/ckp203     Document Type: Article

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