Prevalence and risk of violence against children with disabilities: A systematic review and meta-analysis of observational studies

The Lancet

Volumn 380, Issue 9845, 2012, Pages 899-907

  Jones, Lisa ^a   Bellis, Mark A ^a   Wood, Sara ^a   Hughes, Karen ^a   McCoy, Ellie ^a   Eckley, Lindsay ^a   Bates, Geoff ^a   Mikton, Christopher ^b   Shakespeare, Tom ^b  

^a LIVERPOOL JOHN MOORES UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

^b Department of Violence and Injury Prevention and Disability ^*  (Switzerland)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CASE CONTROL STUDY; CHILD; CHILD ABUSE; CHILD SEXUAL ABUSE; COHORT ANALYSIS; CONFIDENCE INTERVAL; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY; DATA BASE; DOMESTIC VIOLENCE; ELECTRONIC MEDICAL RECORD; EMOTIONAL ABUSE; HANDICAPPED CHILD; HUMAN; INTELLECTUAL IMPAIRMENT; MENTAL DISEASE; META ANALYSIS; OBSERVATIONAL STUDY; PHYSICAL DISABILITY; PREVALENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; REVIEW; RISK; RISK FACTOR; SYSTEMATIC REVIEW; VIOLENCE;

EID: 84865749396     PISSN: 01406736     EISSN: 1474547X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0140-6736(12)60692-8     Document Type: Article

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