A "dirty secret": The abuse of children with disabilities

Journal of Dentistry for Children

Volumn 66, Issue 3, 1999, Pages 197-202

  Waldman, H Barry ^a   Swerdloff, Mark ^a   Perlman, Steven P ^b  

^a STONY BROOK UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b BOSTON UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Child abuse; Children with disabilities

Indexed keywords

CHILD ABUSE; CHILD PARENT RELATION; COST OF ILLNESS; DENTAL CARE; DISABLED PERSON; FEMALE; HEALTH PERSONNEL ATTITUDE; HUMAN; MALE; PRESCHOOL CHILD; REVIEW; SEX DIFFERENCE; STATISTICS; UNITED STATES;

ATTITUDE OF HEALTH PERSONNEL; CHILD ABUSE; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; COST OF ILLNESS; DENTAL CARE FOR CHILDREN; DENTAL CARE FOR DISABLED; DISABLED PERSONS; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; PARENT-CHILD RELATIONS; SEX FACTORS; UNITED STATES;

EID: 18144449667     PISSN: 15518949     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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