Vulnerability to violence of girls of the street in Mauritania

Children and Youth Services Review

Volumn 33, Issue 5, 2011, Pages 656-662

  Ballet, Jérôme ^a   Sirven, Nicolas ^b   Bhukuth, Augendra ^c   Rousseau, Sophie ^c  

^a Institut de Recherche pour le Developpement Antananarivo   (Madagascar)

^b IRDES   (France)

^c LABORATOIRE DES SCIENCES DU CLIMAT ET DE L ENVIRONNEMENT   (France)

Author keywords

Girls of the street; Mauritania; Street children; Vulnerability

Indexed keywords

EID: 79952902124     PISSN: 01907409     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.childyouth.2010.11.004     Document Type: Article

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