Ambulatory Pediatrics
Volume 7, Issue 6 , Pages 439-444 , November 2007

Is There a Relationship Between Lacking a Primary Care Provider and Child Abuse?

Received 1 August 2006 ,Accepted 11 June 2007.

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 Presented in part at the Pediatric Academic Societies Annual Meeting, San Francisco, Calif, April 2006, and at the Eastern Society for Pediatric Research Annual Meeting, Greenwich, Conn, March 2006.

PII: S1530-1567(07)00100-1

doi: 10.1016/j.ambp.2007.06.003

Ambulatory Pediatrics
Volume 7, Issue 6 , Pages 439-444 , November 2007

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