Community and professional definitions of child neglect

Child Maltreatment

Volumn 3, Issue 3, 1998, Pages 235-243

  Dubowitz, Howard ^{a,c,d,e,f,g,h}   Klockner, Annabella ^b,i   Starr Jr , Raymond H ^a,b   Black, Maureen M ^a,j,k  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MARYLAND SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MARYLAND BALTIMORE COUNTY   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF MARYLAND MEDICAL SYSTEM   (United States)

^d Departmento of Pediatrics   (United States)

^e AMERICAN ACADEMY OF PEDIATRICS   (United States)

^f American Professional Society on the Abuse of Children   (United States)

^g Public Affairs Committee   (Canada)

^h Research Committee of the Federal Interagency Task Force on Child Abuse and Neglect   (United States)

ⁱ University of Maryland ^*

^j AMERICAN PSYCHOLOGICAL ASSOCIATION   (United States)

^k Society of Pediatric Psychology

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EID: 0000623182     PISSN: 10775595     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/1077559598003003003     Document Type: Article

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