title: The case for prospective longitudinal studies in child maltreatment research: commentary on Dube, Williamson, Thompson, Felitti, and Anda (2004).
authors.affiliation: Department of Psychiatry, New Jersey Medical School, 183 South Orange Avenue, BHSB F1406, Newark, NJ 07107, USA.
authors.forename: Cathy Spatz
authors.initials: CS
authors.lastname: Widom
authors.forename: Karen G
authors.initials: KG
authors.lastname: Raphael
authors.forename: Kimberly A
authors.initials: KA
authors.lastname: DuMont
mesh_terms: D002648:Child; D002649:Child Abuse / Q000706:statistics & numerical data*; D006801:Humans; D008137:Longitudinal Studies; D008875:Middle Aged; D015203:Reproducibility of Results; D012106:Research; D012189:Retrospective Studies; D015983:Selection Bias