Variation in Recorded Child Maltreatment Concerns in UK Primary Care Records: A Cohort Study Using The Health Improvement Network (THIN) Database

PLoS ONE

Volumn 7, Issue 11, 2012, Pages

  Woodman, Jenny ^a   Freemantle, Nick ^b   Allister, Janice ^c   de Lusignan, Simon ^d   Gilbert, Ruth ^a   Petersen, Irene ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

^c ROYAL COLLEGE OF GENERAL PRACTITIONERS   (United Kingdom)

^d UNIVERSITY OF SURREY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; AGE DISTRIBUTION; ARTICLE; CHILD; CHILD ABUSE; COHORT ANALYSIS; DATA BASE; DISEASE REGISTRY; FEMALE; GENERAL PRACTICE; GENERAL PRACTITIONER; HEALTH CARE PLANNING; HEALTH CARE POLICY; HUMAN; INCIDENCE; INFORMATION PROCESSING; MALE; MEDICAL RECORD; PRESCHOOL CHILD; PREVALENCE; PRIMARY MEDICAL CARE; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; RISK ASSESSMENT; SCHOOL CHILD; SEX DIFFERENCE; UNITED KINGDOM;

ADOLESCENT; CHILD; CHILD ABUSE; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; COHORT STUDIES; DATABASES, FACTUAL; FEMALE; GENERAL PRACTICE; GREAT BRITAIN; HISTORY, 20TH CENTURY; HISTORY, 21ST CENTURY; HUMANS; INCIDENCE; INFANT; INFANT, NEWBORN; MALE; PREVALENCE; PRIMARY HEALTH CARE;

EID: 84870368558     PISSN: None     EISSN: 19326203     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0049808     Document Type: Article

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