A public health approach to child maltreatment surveillance: Evidence from a data linkage project in the United States

Child Abuse Review

Volumn 20, Issue 4, 2011, Pages 256-273

  Putnam Hornstein, Emily ^a   Webster, Daniel ^a   Needell, Barbara ^a   Magruder, Joseph ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

Abuse and neglect; Child maltreatment; Public health; Surveillance

Indexed keywords

EID: 79960358399     PISSN: 09529136     EISSN: 10990852     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/car.1191     Document Type: Article

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