Ecological Correlates of Child Maltreatment: Similarities and Differences between Child Fatality and Nonfatality Cases

Child and Adolescent Social Work Journal

Volumn 19, Issue 2, 2002, Pages 139-161

  Toni Chance, M S W ^a   Scannapieco, Maria ^b  

^a WASHINGTON UNIVERSITY IN ST LOUIS   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS AT ARLINGTON   (United States)

Author keywords

Child abuse; Child fatality; Child maltreatment; Child neglect

Indexed keywords

EID: 19444361966     PISSN: 07380151     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1023/a:1014598423396     Document Type: Article

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