Pediatric health assessments of young children in child welfare by placement type

Child Abuse and Neglect

Volumn 35, Issue 1, 2011, Pages 29-39

  Schneiderman, Janet U ^a   Leslie, Laurel K ^b   Arnold Clark, Janet S ^c   McDaniel, Dawn ^a   Xie, Bin ^d  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^b TUFTS MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^c Community Assessment Treatment Center ^*  (United States)

^d CLAREMONT GRADUATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Child welfare; Development; Foster care; Overweight; Primary care; Weight

Indexed keywords

ALLERGIC RHINITIS; ARTICLE; ASTHMA; CAREGIVER; CHILD; CHILD ABUSE; CHILD CARE; CHILD NEGLECT; CHILD WELFARE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DEMOGRAPHY; DIAPER DERMATITIS; ECZEMA; ETHNICITY; FEMALE; FOSTER CARE; HEALTH CARE; HEALTH CARE QUALITY; HUMAN; INFANT; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MEDICAL RECORD; OBESITY; OTITIS MEDIA; PEDICULUS; PRESCHOOL CHILD; PRIMARY MEDICAL CARE; RACE DIFFERENCE; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; SEXUAL ABUSE; UPPER RESPIRATORY TRACT INFECTION;

CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; FEMALE; FOSTER HOME CARE; HEALTH STATUS INDICATORS; HUMANS; INFANT; INFANT, NEWBORN; LOGISTIC MODELS; LOS ANGELES; MALE; MEDICAL AUDIT; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES;

EID: 79951724989     PISSN: 01452134     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.chiabu.2010.06.007     Document Type: Article

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