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Article: Measuring health-related quality of life for child maltreatment: a systematic literature review.(Review)
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- Health and Quality of Life Outcomes
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- July 16, 2007
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Authors: Lisa A Prosser [1]; Phaedra S Corso (corresponding author) [2]
Background
Child maltreatment, typically defined as physical abuse, sexual abuse, emotional abuse, physical neglect, and/or emotional neglect of children ages 0-17 years by their parents or caretakers, causes substantial morbidity and mortality in the United States. The most recent report estimates that approximately 906,000 children were maltreated in the US in 2003, and an estimated 1,500 children were confirmed to have died from their injuries[1]. Estimates of the lifetime economic impact of child maltreatment, as measured by direct medical costs and productivity losses, have ...
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