Mothers with histories of domestic violence in a pediatric emergency department

Pediatrics

Volumn 103, Issue 5 I, 1999, Pages 1007-1013

  Duffy, Susan J ^a,b   McGrath, Meghan E ^c   Becker, Bruce M ^a   Linakis, James G ^a  

^a RHODE ISLAND HOSPITAL   (United States)

^b BROWN UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c NONE

Author keywords

Domestic violence; Emergency department screening; Family violence

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ANAMNESIS; ARTICLE; BATTERING; CHILD ABUSE; CONTROLLED STUDY; EMERGENCY WARD; FAMILY VIOLENCE; FEMALE; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MENTAL STRESS; MOTHER; PEDIATRICS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RELATIVE; RISK ASSESSMENT; SCREENING; SEXUAL ABUSE; VICTIM;

ADULT; CHILD ABUSE, SEXUAL; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; DOMESTIC VIOLENCE; EMERGENCIES; EMERGENCY SERVICE, HOSPITAL; FEMALE; HUMANS; MOTHERS; PREVALENCE; RISK FACTORS; SEX OFFENSES;

EID: 0032996659     PISSN: 00314005     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1542/peds.103.5.1007     Document Type: Article

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