A meta-analysis of disparities in childhood sexual abuse, parental physical abuse, and peer victimization among sexual minority and sexual nonminority individuals

American Journal of Public Health

Volumn 101, Issue 8, 2011, Pages 1481-1494

  Friedman, Mark S ^a   Marshal, Michael P ^a   Guadamuz, Thomas E ^a   Wei, Chongyi ^a   Wong, Carolyn F ^b   Saewyc, Elizabeth M ^c   Stall, Ron ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PITTSBURGH GRADUATE SCHOOL OF PUBLIC HEALTH   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF BRITISH COLUMBIA   (Canada)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ARTICLE; BISEXUALITY; BULLYING; CHILD; CHILD SEXUAL ABUSE; DOMESTIC VIOLENCE; FEMALE; HETEROSEXUALITY; HOMOSEXUALITY; HUMAN; MALE; META ANALYSIS; PEER GROUP; VIOLENCE;

ADOLESCENT; BISEXUALITY; BULLYING; CHILD; CHILD ABUSE, SEXUAL; DOMESTIC VIOLENCE; FEMALE; HETEROSEXUALITY; HOMOSEXUALITY; HUMANS; MALE; PEER GROUP; VIOLENCE;

EID: 79960449000     PISSN: 00900036     EISSN: 15410048     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2105/AJPH.2009.190009     Document Type: Article

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