Trends in reports of child maltreatment in the Northern Territory, 1999–2010

Medical Journal of Australia

Volumn 197, Issue 11, 2012, Pages 637-641

  Guthridge, Steven L ^a,b   Ryan, Philip ^b   Condon, John R ^c   Bromfield, Leah M ^d   Moss, John R ^b   Lynch, John W ^b  

^a NORTHERN TERRITORY DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH   (Australia)

^b UNIVERSITY OF ADELAIDE   (Australia)

^c MENZIES SCHOOL OF HEALTH RESEARCH   (Australia)

^d UNIVERSITY OF SOUTH AUSTRALIA   (Australia)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CASE REPORT; CHILD; EMOTIONAL ABUSE; FEMALE; HUMAN; INCIDENCE; INDIGENOUS PEOPLE; MALE; NEGLECT; ADOLESCENT; ARTICLE; AUSTRALIA; CHILD ABUSE; COHORT ANALYSIS; INFANT; PRESCHOOL CHILD; RESEARCH;

ADOLESCENT; AUSTRALIA; CHILD; CHILD ABUSE; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; COHORT STUDIES; FEMALE; HUMANS; INFANT; MALE; RESEARCH REPORT;

EID: 84874436919     PISSN: 0025729X     EISSN: 13265377     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.5694/mja12.10133     Document Type: Article

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