The tip of the iceberg. Incidence of disclosed cases of child sexual abuse in Switzerland: Results from a nationwide agency survey

International Journal of Public Health

Volumn 58, Issue 6, 2013, Pages 875-883

  Maier, Thomas ^a   Mohler Kuo, Meichun ^b   Landolt, Markus A ^c   Schnyder, Ulrich ^d   Jud, Andreas ^e  

^a Psychiatric Services of the Canton of St Gallen North   (Switzerland)

^b UNIVERSITY OF ZURICH   (Switzerland)

^c UNIVERSITY CHILDREN S HOSPITAL   (Switzerland)

^d UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL ZURICH   (Switzerland)

^e UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL ULM   (Germany)

Author keywords

Agency survey; Child protection; Child sexual abuse; Incidence study

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; AGE; ARTICLE; CHILD; CHILD SEXUAL ABUSE; CHILD WELFARE; FEMALE; GOVERNMENT; HUMAN; INCIDENCE; INFANT; INFORMATION PROCESSING; MALE; ORGANIZATION AND MANAGEMENT; PRESCHOOL CHILD; SEX DIFFERENCE; STATISTICS; SWITZERLAND;

ADOLESCENT; AGE FACTORS; CHILD; CHILD ABUSE, SEXUAL; CHILD WELFARE; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; DATA COLLECTION; FEMALE; GOVERNMENT AGENCIES; HUMANS; INCIDENCE; INFANT; MALE; SEX FACTORS; SWITZERLAND;

EID: 84890565897     PISSN: 16618556     EISSN: 1420911X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00038-013-0498-6     Document Type: Article

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