Prevalence of Intrafamilial Child Maltreatment in the Nordic countries: A Review

Child Abuse Review

Volumn 24, Issue 1, 2015, Pages 51-66

  Kloppen, Kathrine ^a,b,c   Mæhle, Magne ^c,d   Kvello, Oyvind ^e,f   Haugland, Siren ^c   Breivik, Kyrre ^c  

^a STAVANGER UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Norway)

^b HAUKELAND UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Norway)

^c Uni Research   (Norway)

^d WESTERN NORWAY UNIVERSITY OF APPLIED SCIENCES   (Norway)

^e NORWEGIAN UNIVERSITY OF SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY   (Norway)

^f ULLEVÅL UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Norway)

Author keywords

Child maltreatment; Child physical abuse; Child sexual abuse; Prevalence

Indexed keywords

EID: 84923253545     PISSN: 09529136     EISSN: 10990852     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/car.2324     Document Type: Article

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