Untangling Risk of Maltreatment from Events of Maltreatment: An Analysis of the 2008 Canadian Incidence Study of Reported Child Abuse and Neglect (CIS-2008)

International Journal of Mental Health and Addiction

Volumn 9, Issue 5, 2011, Pages 460-479

  Fallon, Barbara ^a   Trocmé, Nico ^b   MacLaurin, Bruce ^c   Sinha, Vandna ^b   Black, Tara ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TORONTO   (Canada)

^b MCGILL UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

^c UNIVERSITY OF CALGARY   (Canada)

Author keywords

Child maltreatment; Child welfare; Epidemiology; Risk

Indexed keywords

EID: 80053927892     PISSN: 15571874     EISSN: 15571882     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s11469-011-9351-4     Document Type: Article

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