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Child Abuse Fatalities Among Internationally Adopted Children

International Adoption Clinic, New England Medical Center, lmiller1{at}tufts-nemc.org

Wilma Chan

International Adoption Clinic, New England Medical Center

Robert A. Reece

International Adoption Clinic, New England Medical Center

Linda Grey Tirella

International Adoption Clinic, New England Medical Center

Adam Pertman

Evan B. Donaldson Adoption Institute

Key Words: child abuse • fatalities • international adoption

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Child Maltreatment, Vol. 12, No. 4, 378-380 (2007)
DOI: 10.1177/1077559507306716


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