Child maltreatment in Canada: An understudied public health problem

Canadian Journal of Public Health

Volumn 102, Issue 6, 2011, Pages 459-461

  Afifi, Tracie O ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MANITOBA   (Canada)

Author keywords

Canada; Child abuse; Child neglect; National survey; Prevalence; Public health

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ARTICLE; CANADA; CHILD; CHILD ABUSE; EPIDEMIOLOGY; HUMAN; INFORMATION PROCESSING; METHODOLOGY; NEEDS ASSESSMENT; PREVALENCE; STATISTICS;

ADOLESCENT; CANADA; CHILD; CHILD ABUSE; DATA COLLECTION; EPIDEMIOLOGIC RESEARCH DESIGN; HUMANS; NEEDS ASSESSMENT; PREVALENCE;

EID: 84855548446     PISSN: 00084263     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/bf03404200     Document Type: Article

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