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Burden and consequences of child maltreatment in high-income countries

20083,773 citationsJournal Article

Authors

Ruth Gilbert · University College London

Cathy Spatz Widom · City University of New York

Kevin D. Browne · University of Nottingham

David M. Fergusson · Christchurch Clinical Studies Trust

Elspeth Webb · Cardiff University

Staffan Janson · Karlstad University

Topics & Keywords

Child Abuse and Trauma Migration, Health and Trauma Prenatal Substance Exposure Effects

UN Sustainable Development Goals

Gender equality

Publication Details

Published in: The Lancet

Volume 373, Issue 9657, pp. 68-81

DOI: 10.1016/s0140-6736(08)61706-7

Field-Weighted Citation Impact: 90.68

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