Where's Dad? A need to understand father's role in child maltreatment

Child Abuse and Neglect

Volumn 30, Issue 5, 2006, Pages 461-465

  Dubowitz, Howard ^a  

^a Division of Child Protection   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CHILD ABUSE; CHILD CARE; CHILD WELFARE; ENVIRONMENTAL FACTOR; FAMILY RELATION; FATHER; FATHER CHILD RELATION; HUMAN; PARENTHOOD; RISK ASSESSMENT; RISK FACTOR;

EID: 33646555077     PISSN: 01452134     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.chiabu.2006.04.002     Document Type: Note

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