Maltreatment and disabilities: a population-based epidemiological study.

@article{Sullivan2000MaltreatmentAD,
  title={Maltreatment and disabilities: a population-based epidemiological study.},
  author={Patricia M. Sullivan and John F. Knutson},
  journal={Child abuse \& neglect},
  year={2000},
  volume={24 10},
  pages={
          1257-73
        }
}
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