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. 1999 Aug;171(2):118–124.

California's mandatory reporting of domestic violence injuries: does the law go too far or not far enough?

H M Bauer 1, D Mooney 1, H Larkin 1, N O'Malley 1, D Schillinger 1, A Hyman 1, M A Rodriguez 1
PMCID: PMC1305774  PMID: 10510659

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