An exploratory study of drug-exposed infants: case substantiation and subsequent child maltreatment

Child Welfare

Volumn 86, Issue 3, 2007, Pages 33-50

  Sun, An Pyng ^a   Freese, Margaret P ^b   Fitzgerald, Mark ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NEVADA   (United States)

^b Nevada Division of Children and Family Services   (United States)

^c Clark County Building Department   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADDICTION; ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; ARTICLE; CHEMICALLY INDUCED DISORDER; CHI SQUARE DISTRIBUTION; CHILD; CHILD ABUSE; FEMALE; HEALTH; HUMAN; INFANT; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MOTHER CHILD RELATION; NEWBORN; PREGNANCY; PRENATAL EXPOSURE; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; STATISTICAL MODEL; STATISTICS; UNITED STATES;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; CHI-SQUARE DISTRIBUTION; CHILD ABUSE; CHILD OF IMPAIRED PARENTS; FEMALE; HUMANS; INFANT; INFANT, NEWBORN; LOGISTIC MODELS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MOTHER-CHILD RELATIONS; NEVADA; PREGNANCY; PRENATAL EXPOSURE DELAYED EFFECTS; SUBSTANCE-RELATED DISORDERS; URBAN HEALTH;

EID: 34547728147     PISSN: 00094021     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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