Child maltreatment: Testing the social isolation hypothesis

Child Abuse and Neglect

Volumn 20, Issue 3, 1996, Pages 241-254

  Coohey, Carol ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CHICAGO   (United States)

Author keywords

Child maltreatment; Networks; Resources; Social isolation; Support

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CHILD ABUSE; LOWEST INCOME GROUP; SOCIAL ASPECT; SOCIAL ISOLATION; SOCIAL SUPPORT;

EID: 0029873703     PISSN: 01452134     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0145-2134(95)00143-3     Document Type: Article

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