Violence-related medical treatment among US children, adolescents

What The Study Did: This survey study estimated the number of children and adolescents in the United States who have received medical care as a result of assault, abuse or exposure to violence.

Authors: David Finkelhor, Ph.D., of the University of New Hampshire in Durham, is the corresponding author.

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(doi:10.1001/jamanetworkopen.2021.9250)

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