Child safety measure as a proxy for child maltreatment: Preliminary evidence for the potential and validity of using ICD-9 coded hospital discharge data at the community level

Children and Youth Services Review

Volumn 31, Issue 8, 2009, Pages 873-878

  Ben Arieh, Asher ^a   McDonell, James ^a,b  

^a HEBREW UNIVERSITY OF JERUSALEM   (Israel)

^b CLEMSON UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Child maltreatment; Child safety; ICD 9 codes

Indexed keywords

EID: 67349253830     PISSN: 01907409     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.childyouth.2009.04.004     Document Type: Article

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