Detection of child abuse: Missed opportunities in emergency rooms in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil;Detecção de maus-tratos contra a criança: Oportunidades perdidas em serviços de emergência na cidade do Rio de Janeiro, Brasil

Cadernos de Saude Publica

Volumn 24, Issue 12, 2008, Pages 2926-2936

  De Moura, Anna Tereza Miranda Soares ^a   Moraes, Claudia Leite ^b   Reichenheim, Michael Eduardo ^b  

^a UNIVERSIDADE DO ESTADO DO RIO DE JANEIRO   (Brazil)

^b STATE UNIVERSITY OF RIO DE JANEIRO   (Brazil)

Author keywords

Child abuse; Domestic violence; Packaged hospitals

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; BRAZIL; CHILD; CHILD ABUSE; CLINICAL TRIAL; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY; EMERGENCY HEALTH SERVICE; FEMALE; HUMAN; MALE; MANDATORY REPORTING; MULTICENTER STUDY; PRESCHOOL CHILD; PREVALENCE; STATISTICS;

ADULT; BRAZIL; CHILD; CHILD ABUSE; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; EMERGENCY SERVICE, HOSPITAL; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MANDATORY REPORTING; PREVALENCE;

EID: 57749104911     PISSN: 0102311X     EISSN: 16784464     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1590/S0102-311X2008001200022     Document Type: Article

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