Detecting child abuse and neglect - Are dentists doing enough?

Journal of the Canadian Dental Association

Volumn 65, Issue 7, 1999, Pages 387-391

  Tsang, Andrew ^a   Sweet, David ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BRITISH COLUMBIA   (Canada)

^b Bureau of Legal Dentistry   (Canada)

Author keywords

Child abuse; Dentists; Social responsibility

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CANADA; CHILD; CHILD ABUSE; CHILD ADVOCACY; DENTIST; HUMAN; LEGAL ASPECT; MANDATORY REPORTING; PRESCHOOL CHILD; SOCIAL BEHAVIOR;

CANADA; CHILD; CHILD ABUSE; CHILD ADVOCACY; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; DENTISTS; HUMANS; MANDATORY REPORTING; SOCIAL RESPONSIBILITY;

EID: 0033160829     PISSN: 14882159     EISSN: 14882159     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Review

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