Detection of child abuse by Dutch preventive child-healthcare doctors and nurses: Has it changed?

Child Abuse and Neglect

Volumn 32, Issue 9, 2008, Pages 831-837

  Reijneveld, Sijmen A ^a,b   de Meer, G ^a   Wiefferink, Carin H ^b   Crone, Matty R ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER GRONINGEN   (Netherlands)

^b TNO   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Child Abuse; Child Health Services; Epidemiology; Preventive Health Services

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CHILD; CHILD ABUSE; CHILD HEALTH CARE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; FEMALE; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; NURSE; PATIENT ASSESSMENT; PHYSICIAN; PREVALENCE; SEXUAL ABUSE;

CHILD; CHILD ABUSE; CHILD HEALTH SERVICES; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; FEMALE; HUMANS; INCIDENCE; INFANT; MALE; MANDATORY REPORTING; NETHERLANDS; PRACTICE GUIDELINES AS TOPIC;

EID: 54849408780     PISSN: 01452134     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.chiabu.2007.09.014     Document Type: Article

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