Prenatal child abuse risk assessment: A preliminary validation study

Child Welfare

Volumn 82, Issue 3, 2003, Pages 319-334

  Weberling, Lara Cady ^a   Forgays, Deborah Kirby ^b   Crain Thoreson, Catherine ^c   Hyman, Ira ^b  

^a Monterey Rape Crisis Center   (United States)

^b WESTERN WASHINGTON UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c Cascadia Community College   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CHILD; CHILD ABUSE; CLASSIFICATION; FEMALE; FORECASTING; HUMAN; METHODOLOGY; MOTHER; PREGNANCY; PREGNANT WOMAN; PRENATAL CARE; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; RISK ASSESSMENT; STATISTICS; UNITED STATES; VALIDATION STUDY;

CHILD; CHILD ABUSE; FEMALE; FORECASTING; HUMANS; MOTHERS; PREGNANCY; PREGNANT WOMEN; PRENATAL CARE; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; RISK ASSESSMENT; WASHINGTON;

EID: 0037527670     PISSN: 00094021     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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