Prevalence of adverse childhood experiences in a university population: Associations with use of social services

British Journal of Social Work

Volumn 44, Issue 3, 2014, Pages 657-674

  Mcgavock, Lian ^a   Spratt, Trevor ^a  

^a QUEEN'S UNIVERSITY BELFAST   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Child protection; Children and families; Children in need

Indexed keywords

EID: 84899561386     PISSN: 00453102     EISSN: 1468263X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/bjsw/bcs127     Document Type: Conference Paper

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