Does child abuse influence subsequent sexual behaviour and risk of AIDS?
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SIR We are concerned about the prevalence of child sexual abuse in Italy. It is approaching 5%, which is similar to estimates (from 1-5%) for other western societies.' This implies that in Italy about 450 000 children aged 0-14 years and the same number aged 15-24 years (data from the census of 1991) are sexually abused each year. It has been estimated that in 1994 in the USA about three million children
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عنوان ژورنال:
- Journal of epidemiology and community health
دوره 51 1 شماره
صفحات -
تاریخ انتشار 1997