Measuring economic hardship in child maltreatment research: Evidence from Canada

Child Indicators Research

Volumn 7, Issue 2, 2014, Pages 301-320

  Rothwell, David W ^a   De Boer, Kaila R ^a  

^a MCGILL UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

Author keywords

Canada; Child maltreatment; Economic hardship

Indexed keywords

EID: 84901279483     PISSN: 1874897X     EISSN: 18748988     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s12187-013-9222-6     Document Type: Article

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