Speak Softly-and Forget the Stick. Corporal Punishment and Child Physical Abuse

American Journal of Preventive Medicine

Volumn 35, Issue 4, 2008, Pages 364-369

  Zolotor, Adam J ^a,b   Theodore, Adrea D ^a   Chang, Jen Jen ^c   Berkoff, Molly C ^a   Runyan, Desmond K ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NORTH CAROLINA SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF NORTH CAROLINA   (United States)

^c SAINT LOUIS UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CHILD ABUSE; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY; HUMAN; MOTHER CHILD RELATION; PUNISHMENT;

CHILD; CHILD ABUSE; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; FEMALE; HUMANS; INTERVIEWS AS TOPIC; LOGISTIC MODELS; MALE; MOTHERS; NORTH CAROLINA; PUNISHMENT; SOUTH CAROLINA;

EID: 50849110837     PISSN: 07493797     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.amepre.2008.06.031     Document Type: Article

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