Open AccessSexually Transmitted Diseases Among Adults Who Had Been Abused and Neglected as Children:A 30-Year Prospective Study
Author(s) -
Helen W. Wilson,
Cathy Spatz Widom
Publication year - 2009
Publication title -
american journal of public health
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 2.284
H-Index - 264
eISSN - 1541-0048
pISSN - 0090-0036
DOI - 10.2105/ajph.2007.131599
Subject(s) - medicine , sexual abuse , neglect , child abuse , physical abuse , prospective cohort study , sexually transmitted disease , odds ratio , poison control , cohort study , psychiatry , injury prevention , suicide prevention , pediatrics , family medicine , environmental health , human immunodeficiency virus (hiv) , syphilis
We examined associations between childhood abuse and neglect and the risk in adulthood for sexually transmitted diseases.