Child sexual abuse in sub-Saharan Africa: a literature review.

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This article reviews the English-language literature on child sexual abuse in sub-Saharan Africa (SSA). The focus is on the sexual abuse of children in the home/community, as opposed to the commercial sexual exploitation of children.

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Journal ID (iso-abbrev): Child Abuse Negl

Title: Child abuse & neglect

Publisher: Elsevier BV

ISSN: 0145-2134

ISSN (Print): 0145-2134

Publication date (Electronic): Apr 2004

Volume: 28

Issue: 4

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[1 ] Department of Social Sciences, Dublin Institute of Technology, Mountjoy Square, Dublin 1, Ireland.

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Publisher Item ID: S0145213404000547

DOI: 10.1016/j.chiabu.2003.07.005

PubMed ID: 15120925

SO-VID: c49615a7-7edf-4010-86bb-0374d1d63f68

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