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Family profile of victims of child abuse and neglect in the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia

Maha A. Almuneef, Linah A. Alghamdi and Hassan N. Saleheen
Saudi Medical Journal August 2016, 37 (8) 882-888; DOI: https://doi.org/10.15537/smj.2016.8.14654
Maha A. Almuneef
From the Department of Pediatric (Almuneef, Alghamdi), King Saud bin Abdulaziz University for Health Sciences, Ministry of National Guard, Health Affairs, and King Abdullah International Medical Research Center, and the Department of Research (Almuneef, Saleheen), National Family Safety Program, King Abdulaziz Medical City, Ministry of National Guard, Health Affairs, Riyadh, Kingdom of Saudi Arabia
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Linah A. Alghamdi
From the Department of Pediatric (Almuneef, Alghamdi), King Saud bin Abdulaziz University for Health Sciences, Ministry of National Guard, Health Affairs, and King Abdullah International Medical Research Center, and the Department of Research (Almuneef, Saleheen), National Family Safety Program, King Abdulaziz Medical City, Ministry of National Guard, Health Affairs, Riyadh, Kingdom of Saudi Arabia
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Hassan N. Saleheen
From the Department of Pediatric (Almuneef, Alghamdi), King Saud bin Abdulaziz University for Health Sciences, Ministry of National Guard, Health Affairs, and King Abdullah International Medical Research Center, and the Department of Research (Almuneef, Saleheen), National Family Safety Program, King Abdulaziz Medical City, Ministry of National Guard, Health Affairs, Riyadh, Kingdom of Saudi Arabia
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