The use of cross-jurisdictional population data to investigate health indicators of child maltreatment

Medical Journal of Australia

Volumn 193, Issue 3, 2010, Pages 142-145

  O'Donnell, Melissa ^a   Nassar, Natasha ^a,b   Leonard, Helen M ^a   Mathews, Richard P ^c   Patterson, Yvonne G ^c   Stanley, Fiona J ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WESTERN AUSTRALIA   (Australia)

^b UNIVERSITY OF SYDNEY   (Australia)

^c DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH   (Australia)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ARTICLE; ASSAULT; AUSTRALIA; CHILD; CHILD ABUSE; CHILD WELFARE; CHILDHOOD INJURY; FEMALE; HEALTH CARE SYSTEM; HOSPITAL ADMISSION; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MALNUTRITION; MORBIDITY; MULTIPLE TRAUMA; NEWBORN; PRESCHOOL CHILD; RETINA HEMORRHAGE; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; RIB FRACTURE; SCHOOL CHILD; CHILD SEXUAL ABUSE; COHORT ANALYSIS; DIAGNOSIS; INFANT; MEDICAL RECORD;

ADOLESCENT; CHILD; CHILD ABUSE; CHILD ABUSE, SEXUAL; CHILD WELFARE; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; COHORT STUDIES; HOSPITAL RECORDS; HUMANS; INFANT; INFANT, NEWBORN; MEDICAL RECORD LINKAGE; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; WESTERN AUSTRALIA;

EID: 77955721077     PISSN: 0025729X     EISSN: 13265377     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.5694/j.1326-5377.2010.tb03832.x     Document Type: Article

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