Underreported, underacknowledged: Child abuse can no longer be ignored

Hong Kong Medical Journal

Volumn 11, Issue 6, 2005, Pages 429-430

  Chow, C B ^a  

^a PRINCESS MARGARET HOSPITAL   (Hong Kong)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CHILD ABUSE; CHINESE; EDITORIAL; EDUCATION; EMERGENCY WARD; FRACTURE; HEALTH SURVEY; HONG KONG; HUMAN; IMAGING; INCIDENCE; INJURY; RISK FACTOR; SKELETON MALFORMATION; SOCIAL WELFARE;

CHILD; CHILD ABUSE; DATA COLLECTION; FRACTURES, BONE; HONG KONG; HUMANS; MANDATORY REPORTING;

EID: 30944451937     PISSN: 10242708     EISSN: 10242708     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Editorial

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