Childhood Sexual Abuse and Its Association With Adult Physical and Mental Health: Results From a National Cohort of Young Australian Women

Journal of Interpersonal Violence

Volumn 30, Issue 11, 2015, Pages 1929-1944

  Coles, Jan ^a   Lee, Adeline ^a   Taft, Angela ^b   Mazza, Danielle ^a   Loxton, Deborah ^c  

^a MONASH UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

^b LA TROBE UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

^c UNIVERSITY OF NEWCASTLE   (Australia)

Author keywords

childhood sexual abuse; mental health; pain; physical health; violence

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AUSTRALIA; CHILD; CHILD SEXUAL ABUSE; COHORT ANALYSIS; FEMALE; HEALTH; HUMAN; MENTAL HEALTH; PAIN; SEXUAL CRIME; STATISTICS AND NUMERICAL DATA; VIOLENCE;

ADULT; AUSTRALIA; CHILD; CHILD ABUSE, SEXUAL; COHORT STUDIES; FEMALE; HEALTH; HUMANS; MENTAL HEALTH; PAIN; SEX OFFENSES; VIOLENCE;

EID: 84930535925     PISSN: 08862605     EISSN: 15526518     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/0886260514555270     Document Type: Article

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