Screening children for family violence: A review of the evidence for the US Preventive Services Task Force

Annals of Family Medicine

Volumn 2, Issue 2, 2004, Pages 161-169

  Nygren, Peggy ^a   Nelson, Heidi D ^a,b   Klein, Jonathan ^c  

^a OREGON HEALTH AND SCIENCE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b PORTLAND VA MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF ROCHESTER MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

Child abuse; Child neglect; Domestic violence prevention and control; Evidence based medicine; Review, academic

Indexed keywords

CHILD ABUSE; COCHRANE LIBRARY; DEATH; DISABILITY; EVIDENCE BASED MEDICINE; FAMILY VIOLENCE; HIGH RISK POPULATION; HUMAN; MEDLINE; NEGLECT; PREGNANCY; PRIMARY HEALTH CARE; PSYCINFO; QUESTIONNAIRE; REVIEW; RISK ASSESSMENT; SCREENING; UNITED STATES; CHILD; DOMESTIC VIOLENCE; MASS SCREENING;

CHILD; CHILD ABUSE; DOMESTIC VIOLENCE; HUMANS; MASS SCREENING;

EID: 2942666434     PISSN: 15441709     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1370/afm.113     Document Type: Review

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