International issues in child maltreatment

Child Abuse and Neglect

Volumn , Issue , 2011, Pages 620-627

  Runyan, Desmond K ^a,b   Zolotor, Adam J ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NORTH CAROLINA SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b North Carolina Children's Hospital   (United States)

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EID: 84882736991     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book    
DOI: 10.1016/B978-1-4160-6393-3.00067-1     Document Type: Chapter

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