Do child abuse rates increase on those days on which professional sporting events are held?

Journal of Family Violence

Volumn 11, Issue 3, 1996, Pages 205-218

  Drake, Brett ^a   Pandey, Shanta ^a  

^a WASHINGTON UNIVERSITY IN ST LOUIS   (United States)

Author keywords

Child abuse; Rates; Relationship

Indexed keywords

EID: 0030500686     PISSN: 08857482     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/BF02336941     Document Type: Article

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