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. 2003 Feb;88(2):101–104. doi: 10.1136/adc.88.2.101

Classification of child abuse by motive and degree rather than type of injury

D Southall 1, M Samuels 1, M Golden 1
PMCID: PMC1719448  PMID: 12538305

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Spectrum of ill treatment.

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