Promotion of children's rights and prevention of child maltreatment

The Lancet

Volumn 373, Issue 9660, 2009, Pages 332-343

  Reading, Richard ^a   Bissell, Susan ^b   Goldhagen, Jeffrey ^c   Harwin, Judith ^d   Masson, Judith ^e   Moynihan, Sian ^f   Parton, Nigel ^g   Pais, Marta Santos ^b   Thoburn, June ^h   Webb, Elspeth ⁱ  

^a UNIVERSITY OF EAST ANGLIA   (United Kingdom)

^b UNICEF   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF FLORIDA   (United States)

^d BRUNEL UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

^e UNIVERSITY OF BRISTOL   (United Kingdom)

^f Welsh Deanery   (United Kingdom)

^g UNIVERSITY OF HUDDERSFIELD   (United Kingdom)

^h UNIVERSITY OF EAST ANGLIA   (United Kingdom)

ⁱ CARDIFF UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CHILD ABUSE; CHILD CARE; GOVERNMENT; HEALTH CARE COST; HEALTH CARE ORGANIZATION; HEALTH CARE PERSONNEL; HEALTH CARE POLICY; HUMAN; HUMAN RIGHTS; MEDICAL ETHICS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PUBLIC HEALTH SERVICE; REVIEW; RISK FACTOR; SOCIAL ASPECT;

EID: 58349084112     PISSN: 01406736     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0140-6736(08)61709-2     Document Type: Review

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