Income inequality and child maltreatment in the United States

Pediatrics

Volumn 133, Issue 3, 2014, Pages 454-461

  Eckenrode, John ^a   Smith, Elliott G ^a   McCarthy, Margaret E ^a   Dineen, Michael ^a  

^a Department of Molecular Biology and Genetics   (United States)

Author keywords

Child abuse; Child maltreatment; Child poverty; Income inequality

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CHILD ABUSE; CHILD HEALTH; CHILD NEGLECT; DEMOGRAPHY; HEALTH STATUS; HUMAN; INCOME; INCOME INEQUALITY; POVERTY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SOCIAL STATUS; SOCIOECONOMICS; UNITED STATES; WELLBEING;

CHILD ABUSE; CHILD MALTREATMENT; CHILD POVERTY; INCOME INEQUALITY;

CENSUSES; CHILD; CHILD ABUSE; DATA COLLECTION; FEMALE; HUMANS; INCOME; MALE; POVERTY; SOCIAL CLASS; SOCIOECONOMIC FACTORS; UNITED STATES;

EID: 84895134204     PISSN: 00314005     EISSN: 10984275     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1542/peds.2013-1707     Document Type: Article

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