Characteristics of non-Aboriginal and Aboriginal children and families with substantiated child maltreatment: A population-based study

International Journal of Epidemiology

Volumn 39, Issue 3, 2010, Pages 921-928

  O'Donnell, Melissa ^a   Nassar, Natasha ^a,b   Leonard, Helen ^a   Jacoby, Peter ^a   Mathews, Richard ^c   Patterson, Yvonne ^c   Stanley, Fiona ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WESTERN AUSTRALIA   (Australia)

^b UNIVERSITY OF SYDNEY   (Australia)

^c DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH   (Australia)

Author keywords

Child abuse; Child family factors; Population study

Indexed keywords

CHILD HEALTH; COHORT ANALYSIS; DISABILITY; HEALTH SERVICES; HOSPITAL SECTOR; INDIGENOUS POPULATION; MENTAL HEALTH; MULTIVARIATE ANALYSIS; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; RISK ASSESSMENT; SERVICE PROVISION; SOCIOECONOMIC STATUS; VULNERABILITY;

ABORIGINE; ARTICLE; ASSAULT; AUSTRALIA; CHILD; CHILD ABUSE; CHILD PARENT RELATION; CLINICAL ASSESSMENT; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; FAMILY ASSESSMENT; FEMALE; HOSPITAL ADMISSION; HUMAN; INTELLECTUAL IMPAIRMENT; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MENTAL HEALTH; PARENTAL AGE; POPULATION RESEARCH; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROPORTIONAL HAZARDS MODEL; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; RISK FACTOR; SOCIOECONOMICS;

CHILD; CHILD ABUSE; FAMILY HEALTH; HUMANS; MENTAL HEALTH; OCEANIC ANCESTRY GROUP; PARENTS; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; RISK FACTORS; SOCIAL CLASS; SUBSTANCE-RELATED DISORDERS; WESTERN AUSTRALIA;

AUSTRALIA; WESTERN AUSTRALIA;

EID: 77955478639     PISSN: 03005771     EISSN: 14643685     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/ije/dyq005     Document Type: Article

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