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Legal and epidemiological aspects of child maltreatment toward an integrated approach

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  • Associate Professor, Department of Epidemiology and Biostatistics, School of Medicine, Case Western Reserve University. Professor Loue holds secondary appointments in the Center for Biomedical Ethics and the Center for International Health at Case Western Reserve University. The author gratefully acknowledges the research assistance of Sally Riggs and Rachel VanGilder and the critical review by James Spilsbury, M.A., of earlier drafts. Address correspondence to Professor Loue at Department of Epidemiology and Biostatistics, MetroHealth Medical Center, 2500 MetroHealth Drive, Rammelkamp Building R‐213A, Cleveland, Ohio 44109–1998.

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