The influence of childhood sexual abuse factors on women's health

Nordic Journal of Psychiatry

Volumn 58, Issue 5, 2004, Pages 395-401

  Lundqvist, Gunilla ^a,b   Hansson, Kjell ^a   Svedin, Carl Göran ^a  

^a LUND UNIVERSITY   (Sweden)

^b Psykiatrisk Öppenvård ^*  (Sweden)

Author keywords

Childhood; Health; Influence; Sexual abuse

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ANAMNESIS; ARTICLE; CHILD ABUSE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CLINICAL FEATURE; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEAR; FEMALE; HEALTH STATUS; HUMAN; HUMAN RELATION; MENTAL DISEASE; ONSET AGE; PREVALENCE; PSYCHOTRAUMA; QUESTIONNAIRE; RATING SCALE; SELF DISCLOSURE; SENSITIVITY ANALYSIS; SEXUAL ABUSE; SOCIAL INTERACTION; STATISTICAL SIGNIFICANCE;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; CHILD; CHILD ABUSE, SEXUAL; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; COMORBIDITY; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; FEMALE; HUMANS; INCEST; INFANT; INTERPERSONAL RELATIONS; INTERVIEW, PSYCHOLOGICAL; LIKELIHOOD FUNCTIONS; MENTAL DISORDERS; PATIENT ADMISSION; PERSONALITY INVENTORY; PSYCHOMETRICS; SELF DISCLOSURE; SWEDEN;

EID: 7944231018     PISSN: 08039488     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/08039480410005963     Document Type: Article

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