Forty years later: Inconsistencies in reporting of child abuse

Archives of Disease in Childhood

Volumn 93, Issue 10, 2008, Pages 822-824

  Sege, Robert D ^a   Flaherty, Emalee G ^b  

^a BOSTON MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^b NORTHWESTERN UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CHILD ABUSE; CHILD CARE; CHILD HEALTH CARE; HUMAN; PATIENT CARE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SHORT SURVEY;

ATTITUDE OF HEALTH PERSONNEL; CHILD; CHILD ABUSE; CHILD WELFARE; CLINICAL COMPETENCE; HUMANS; MANDATORY REPORTING;

EID: 53549125269     PISSN: 00039888     EISSN: 14682044     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1136/adc.2006.100545     Document Type: Short Survey

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