Physician knowledge of child sexual abuse

Child Abuse and Neglect

Volumn 20, Issue 8, 1996, Pages 783-790

  Socolar, Rebecca R S ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NORTH CAROLINA   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF NORTH CAROLINA SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

Child abuse and neglect; Continuing medical education; Documentation; Physician knowledge

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CHILD ABUSE; CONTINUING EDUCATION; EDUCATION PROGRAM; HUMAN; MEDICAL EXPERT; PHYSICIAN ATTITUDE; SCORING SYSTEM; SEXUAL ABUSE;

EID: 0030222380     PISSN: 01452134     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/0145-2134(96)00065-8     Document Type: Article

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