Disabling conditions and registration for child abuse and neglect: A population-based study

Pediatrics

Volumn 116, Issue 3, 2005, Pages 609-613

  Spencer, Nick ^a   Devereux, Emma ^b   Wallace, Ann ^c   Sundrum, Ratna ^d   Shenoy, Manjula ^e   Bacchus, Claire ^f   Logan, Stuart ^g  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WARWICK   (United Kingdom)

^b NORTH MIDDLESEX UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

^c West Sussex Primary Care Trust   (United Kingdom)

^d Ealing Primary Care Trust   (United Kingdom)

^e Department of Child Health   (United Kingdom)

^f WEST SUSSEX COUNTY COUNCIL   (United Kingdom)

^g PENINSULA MEDICAL SCHOOL   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Birth weight; Child abuse and neglect; Disabling conditions; Socioeconomic status

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; AUTISM; BIRTH WEIGHT; CEREBRAL PALSY; CHILD ABUSE; CHILD NEGLECT; CONDUCT DISORDER; CONTROLLED STUDY; DEMOGRAPHY; DISABILITY; DISEASE SEVERITY; HUMAN; LANGUAGE DISABILITY; LEARNING DISORDER; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MENTAL DISEASE; POPULATION RESEARCH; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SENSORY DYSFUNCTION; SEXUAL ABUSE; SOCIOECONOMICS; SPEECH DISORDER; UNITED KINGDOM; CHILD; COHORT ANALYSIS; DEVELOPMENTAL DISORDER; HANDICAPPED CHILD; REGISTER; RISK FACTOR; SOCIAL CLASS; STATISTICS;

CHILD; CHILD ABUSE; COHORT STUDIES; DEVELOPMENTAL DISABILITIES; DISABLED CHILDREN; GREAT BRITAIN; HUMANS; REGISTRIES; RISK FACTORS; SOCIAL CLASS;

EID: 33644621543     PISSN: 00314005     EISSN: 00314005     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1542/peds.2004-1882     Document Type: Article

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