Children's response to the medical visit for allegations of sexual abuse: Maternal perceptions and predicting variables

Child Abuse Review

Volumn 10, Issue 3, 2001, Pages 210-222

  Allard Dansereau, Claire ^a   Hébert, Martine ^b   Tremblay, Caroline ^b   Bernard Bonnin, Anne Claude ^a  

^a UNIVERSITÉ DE MONTRÉAL   (Canada)

^b UNIVERSITÉ DU QUÉBEC À MONTRÉAL   (Canada)

Author keywords

Maternal perceptions; Medical evaluation; Sexual abuse

Indexed keywords

EID: 84998128941     PISSN: 09529136     EISSN: 10990852     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/car.688     Document Type: Article

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