title: The association between child maltreatment and disabilities in a hospital-based epidemiological study.
abstract: OBJECTIVE
  Circumstances of maltreatment and the presence of disabilities.
  
  
  METHODS
  An electronic merger of the records of all pediatric patients.
  
  
  RESULTS
  Detailed record analysis of circumstances of maltreatment and the presence of disabilities.
  
  
  CONCLUSIONS
  Differences between the Hospital and Residential samples, maltreatment and perpetrator characteristics, disability/maltreatment relationships, and their implications for primary health care are discussed.
authors.affiliation: Boys Town National Research Hospital, Omaha, NE 68131, USA.
authors.forename: P M
authors.initials: PM
authors.lastname: Sullivan
authors.forename: J F
authors.initials: JF
authors.lastname: Knutson
mesh_terms: D000293:Adolescent; D002648:Child; D002649:Child Abuse / Q000523:psychology / Q000706:statistics & numerical data*; D002662:Child Health Services; D002669:Child Welfare; D016208:Databases, Factual; D019988:Children with Disabilities / Q000523:psychology*; D005260:Female; D005581:Foster Home Care; D006776:Hospitals, Pediatric; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D015995:Prevalence; D012307:Risk Factors