Adverse childhood experiences and associations with health-harming behaviours in young adults: Surveys in eight eastern European countries

Bulletin of the World Health Organization

Volumn 92, Issue 9, 2014, Pages 641-655

  Bellis, Mark A ^a   Hughes, Karen ^a   Leckenby, Nicola ^a   Jones, Lisa ^a   Baban, Adriana ^b   Kachaeva, Margarita ^c   Povilaitis, Robertas ^d   Pudule, Iveta ^e   Qirjako, Gentiana ^f   Ulukol, Betül ^g   Raleva, Marija ^h   Terzic, Natasa ⁱ  

^a LIVERPOOL JOHN MOORES UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

^b BABE BOLYAI UNIVERSITY   (Romania)

^c Serbsky National Research Center for Social and Forensic Psychiatry   (Russian Federation)

^d VILNIUS UNIVERSITY   (Lithuania)

^e Centre for Disease Prevention and Control   (Latvia)

^f University of Medicine   (Albania)

^g ANKARA UNIVERSITY   (Turkey)

^h SS CYRIL AND METHODIUS UNIVERSITY   (Macedonia)

ⁱ Institute of Public Health   (Montenegro)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; CHILD ABUSE SURVIVOR; EUROPE; FAMILY SIZE; FEMALE; HEALTH BEHAVIOR; HUMAN; MALE; PSYCHOLOGY; QUESTIONNAIRE; SELF-INJURIOUS BEHAVIOR;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ADULT SURVIVORS OF CHILD ABUSE; EUROPE; FAMILY CHARACTERISTICS; FEMALE; HEALTH BEHAVIOR; HUMANS; MALE; SELF-INJURIOUS BEHAVIOR; SURVEYS AND QUESTIONNAIRES;

EID: 84906910560     PISSN: 00429686     EISSN: 15640604     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2471/BLT.13.129247     Document Type: Article

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