Violence experiences in care: Some methodological remarks based on the finnish child victim survey

Child Abuse Review

Volumn 20, Issue 3, 2011, Pages 197-212

  Ellonen, Noora ^a   Pösö, Tarja ^a  

^a TAMPERE UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (Finland)

Author keywords

Child victim survey; Children; Methodology; Violence in care

Indexed keywords

EID: 79959239792     PISSN: 09529136     EISSN: 10990852     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/car.1181     Document Type: Article

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