Preventing child maltreatment: Multiple windows of opportunity in the health care system

Children's Health Care

Volumn 28, Issue 2, 1999, Pages 151-165

  Wurtele, Sandy K ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF COLORADO   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CHILD; CHILD ABUSE; CHILD CARE; CHILD DEVELOPMENT; HEALTH CARE SYSTEM; HUMAN; NEGLECT; PRENATAL CARE; REVIEW; VIOLENCE;

EID: 0033067901     PISSN: 02739615     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1207/s15326888chc2802_6     Document Type: Review

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