The child abuse and divorce myth

Child Abuse Review

Volumn 10, Issue 2, 2001, Pages 113-124

  Brown, Thea ^a   Frederico, Margarita ^b   Hewitt, Lesley ^a   Sheehan, Rosemary ^a  

^a MONASH UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

^b LA TROBE UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

Author keywords

Child abuse; Marital breakdown

Indexed keywords

EID: 84937345413     PISSN: 09529136     EISSN: 10990852     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/car.671     Document Type: Article

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