Child maltreatment: A global issue

Language, Speech, and Hearing Services in Schools

Volumn 38, Issue 2, 2007, Pages 140-148

  Westby, Carol E ^a  

^a NONE   (United States)

Author keywords

Abuse; Culture; Discipline; Identification; Neglect

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CHILD; CHILD ABUSE; CHILD REARING; CHILD WELFARE; COMPARATIVE STUDY; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY; CULTURAL FACTOR; ETHNOLOGY; HUMAN; LANGUAGE DISABILITY; LIFE EVENT; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; RISK FACTOR; SOCIAL PSYCHOLOGY; SOCIALIZATION; SOCIOECONOMICS; SPEECH DISORDER; STATISTICS;

CHILD; CHILD ABUSE; CHILD REARING; CHILD WELFARE; CROSS-CULTURAL COMPARISON; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; HUMANS; LANGUAGE DEVELOPMENT DISORDERS; LIFE CHANGE EVENTS; RISK FACTORS; SOCIAL VALUES; SOCIALIZATION; SOCIOECONOMIC FACTORS; SPEECH DISORDERS;

EID: 34248656207     PISSN: 01611461     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1044/0161-1461(2007/014)     Document Type: Article

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