Variations in Perceptions of Child Neglect

Child Welfare

Volumn 75, Issue 2, 1996, Pages 139-160

  Rose, Susan J ^a,c   Meezan, William ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WISCONSIN MILWAUKEE   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^c NONE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CHILD; CHILD ABUSE; CHILD WELFARE; COMPARATIVE STUDY; CULTURAL FACTOR; ETHNIC GROUP; ETHNOLOGY; HEALTH PERSONNEL ATTITUDE; HUMAN; MOTHER; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; UNITED STATES; URBAN POPULATION;

ATTITUDE OF HEALTH PERSONNEL; CHICAGO; CHILD; CHILD ABUSE; CHILD WELFARE; CROSS-CULTURAL COMPARISON; ETHNIC GROUPS; HUMANS; MOTHERS; URBAN POPULATION;

EID: 0030090505     PISSN: 00094021     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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