Preventable injury deaths: A population-based proxy of child maltreatment risk in California

Public Health Reports

Volumn 127, Issue 2, 2012, Pages 163-172

  Putnam Hornstein, Emily ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AMERICAN INDIAN; ARTICLE; ASIAN; CAUCASIAN; CHILD; CHILD ABUSE; CHILDHOOD INJURY; HISPANIC; HUMAN; INFANT; MORTALITY; NEGRO; PACIFIC ISLANDER; PRESCHOOL CHILD; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RACE DIFFERENCE; RISK; UNITED STATES;

EID: 84858189863     PISSN: 00333549     EISSN: 14682877     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/003335491212700205     Document Type: Article

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