Using Routinely Collected Hospital Data for Child Maltreatment Surveillance: Issues, Methods and Patterns
<p>Abstract</p> <p>Background</p> <p>International data on child maltreatment are largely derived from child protection agencies, and predominantly report only substantiated cases of child maltreatment. This approach underestimates the incidence of maltreatment and make...
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Language: | English |
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BMC
2011-01-01
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Series: | BMC Public Health |
Online Access: | http://www.biomedcentral.com/1471-2458/11/7 |