Reported child sexual abuse in Bahrain: 2000-2009

Annals of Saudi Medicine

Volumn 31, Issue 4, 2011, Pages 376-382

  Al Mahroos, Fadheela ^a   Al Amer, Eshraq ^a  

^a ARABIAN GULF UNIVERSITY   (Bahrain)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ARTICLE; BAHRAIN; CHILD; CHILD SEXUAL ABUSE; COURT; FATHER; FEMALE; FONDLING; GENITAL TOUCHING; GONORRHEA; HUMAN; INFANT; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MEDICAL RECORD REVIEW; MOTHER; ORAL SEXUAL CONTACT; PEDOPHILIA; POLICE; PREGNANCY; PRESCHOOL CHILD; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PUBLICATION; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; SCHOOL CHILD; SEXUAL DEVIATION; SOCIAL CLASS; SODOMY; VAGINA;

ADOLESCENT; BAHRAIN; CHILD; CHILD ABUSE, SEXUAL; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; CLINICAL COMPETENCE; EDUCATIONAL STATUS; FAMILY CHARACTERISTICS; FEMALE; HUMANS; INFANT; MALE; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES;

EID: 79961159871     PISSN: 02564947     EISSN: 09754466     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.4103/0256-4947.83218     Document Type: Article

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