The Economic Burden of Child Maltreatment in High Income Countries.
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From the Italian Society of Pediatrics (SIP); Institute of Pediatrics, Catholic University Medical School, Rome, Italy; European Paediatric Association-Union of National European Paediatric Societies and Associations (EPA-UNEPSA), Berlin, Germany; Institute of Pediatrics, University of Palermo, Italy; Campus Bio-Medico University Medical School; Italian Federation of Pediatricians (FIMP), Rome; Institute of Pediatrics and Residency program, University of Foggia, Italy; and Children’s Hospital, Hannover Medical School, Hannover, Germany
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ورودعنوان ژورنال:
- The Journal of pediatrics
دوره 167 6 شماره
صفحات -
تاریخ انتشار 2015