Trends in hospital admissions for conditions associated with child maltreatment, Northern Territory, 1999-2010

Medical Journal of Australia

Volumn 201, Issue 3, 2014, Pages 162-166

  Guthridge, Steven L ^a,b   Ryan, Philip ^b   Condon, John R ^c   Moss, John R ^b   Lynch, John ^b  

^a NORTHERN TERRITORY DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH   (Australia)

^b UNIVERSITY OF ADELAIDE   (Australia)

^c MENZIES SCHOOL OF HEALTH RESEARCH   (Australia)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; CHILD; CHILD ABUSE; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; COHORT STUDIES; FEMALE; HUMANS; INCIDENCE; INFANT; INFANT, NEWBORN; MALE; NORTHERN TERRITORY; OCEANIC ANCESTRY GROUP; PATIENT ADMISSION; POPULATION SURVEILLANCE; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES;

EID: 84905647602     PISSN: 0025729X     EISSN: 13265377     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.5694/mja14.00015     Document Type: Article

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