Child maltreatment in Puerto Rico: Findings from the 2010 National Child Abuse and Neglect Data System

Puerto Rico Health Sciences Journal

Volumn 32, Issue 3, 2013, Pages 124-131

  Ishida, Kanako ^a,b   Klevens, Joanne ^c   Rivera García, Brenda ^d   Mirabal, Brenda ^e  

^a CENTERS FOR DISEASE CONTROL AND PREVENTION   (United States)

^b Puerto Rico Department of Health   (Puerto Rico)

^c CENTERS FOR DISEASE CONTROL AND PREVENTION   (Puerto Rico)

^d UNIVERSITY OF PUERTO RICO MEDICAL SCIENCES CAMPUS   (Puerto Rico)

^e UNIVERSITY OF PUERTO RICO SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (Puerto Rico)

Author keywords

Child abuse; Child maltreatment; The National Child Abuse and Neglect Data System

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ARTICLE; CHILD; CHILD ABUSE; CHILD SEXUAL ABUSE; EMOTION; FAMILY; FEMALE; HEALTH SURVEY; HUMAN; INFANT; INFORMATION SYSTEM; MALE; MANDATORY REPORTING; NEWBORN; PRESCHOOL CHILD; PREVALENCE; PUERTO RICO; STATISTICS; UNITED STATES;

ADOLESCENT; CHILD; CHILD ABUSE; CHILD ABUSE, SEXUAL; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; EMOTIONS; FAMILY; FEMALE; HUMANS; INFANT; INFANT, NEWBORN; INFORMATION SYSTEMS; MALE; MANDATORY REPORTING; POPULATION SURVEILLANCE; PREVALENCE; PUERTO RICO; UNITED STATES;

EID: 84882630218     PISSN: 07380658     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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