Update on child maltreatment

Current Opinion in Pediatrics

Volumn 19, Issue 2, 2007, Pages 223-229

  Newton, Alice W ^a,b,c   Vandeven, Andrea M ^b  

^a HARVARD MEDICAL SCHOOL   (United States)

^b BOSTON CHILDREN S HOSPITAL   (United States)

^c MASSACHUSETTS GENERAL HOSPITAL   (United States)

Author keywords

Child abuse; Child sexual abuse; Neglect; Shaken baby syndrome; Traumatic brain injury

Indexed keywords

CHILD ABUSE; CHILD DEATH; CLINICAL PRACTICE; COGNITIVE THERAPY; DIAGNOSTIC PROCEDURE; DOMESTIC VIOLENCE; EVIDENCE BASED PRACTICE; HEALTH PROGRAM; HUMAN; LEGAL ASPECT; MORBIDITY; NEGLECT; OPHTHALMOLOGY; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; PEDIATRICIAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROPHYLAXIS; REVIEW; SEXUAL ABUSE; TRAINING; TRAUMATIC BRAIN INJURY;

BRAIN INJURIES; CHILD; CHILD ABUSE; CHILD ABUSE, SEXUAL; HUMANS; INFANT; SHAKEN BABY SYNDROME; SUDDEN INFANT DEATH;

EID: 34247557961     PISSN: 10408703     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/MOP.0b013e32809f9543     Document Type: Review

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