Measuring shaken baby syndrome awareness: Preliminary reliability of a caregiver attitudes and beliefs survey

Journal of Child and Family Studies

Volumn 15, Issue 6, 2006, Pages 760-772

  Russell, Beth S ^a   Britner, Preston A ^b  

^a WORCESTER STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CONNECTICUT   (United States)

Author keywords

Child abuse; Factor analysis; Measure development; Prevention; Shaken Baby Syndrome

Indexed keywords

EID: 33750828425     PISSN: 10621024     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10826-006-9050-0     Document Type: Article

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