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Child neglect in Saudi Arabia

The neglected form of child maltreatment

Maha AlFarhan, Jana AlMelhem, Abeer ElMahadi, Haneen AlTurki, Saleheen Hassan and Maha Almuneef
Saudi Medical Journal June 2022, 43 (6) 610-617; DOI: https://doi.org/10.15537/smj.2022.43.6.20220117
Maha AlFarhan
From the Department of Pediatrics, Child Care Section (ElMahadi, AlTurki, AlMuneef), King Abdullah Specialized Children’s Hospital; from the College of Medicine (AlFarhan), King Saud bin Abdulaziz University for Health Sciences; from College of Medicine (AlMelhem), King Faisal University; and from the King Abdullah International Medical Research Center (Saleheen), Riyadh, Kingdom of Saudi Arabia.
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Jana AlMelhem
From the Department of Pediatrics, Child Care Section (ElMahadi, AlTurki, AlMuneef), King Abdullah Specialized Children’s Hospital; from the College of Medicine (AlFarhan), King Saud bin Abdulaziz University for Health Sciences; from College of Medicine (AlMelhem), King Faisal University; and from the King Abdullah International Medical Research Center (Saleheen), Riyadh, Kingdom of Saudi Arabia.
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Abeer ElMahadi
From the Department of Pediatrics, Child Care Section (ElMahadi, AlTurki, AlMuneef), King Abdullah Specialized Children’s Hospital; from the College of Medicine (AlFarhan), King Saud bin Abdulaziz University for Health Sciences; from College of Medicine (AlMelhem), King Faisal University; and from the King Abdullah International Medical Research Center (Saleheen), Riyadh, Kingdom of Saudi Arabia.
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Haneen AlTurki
From the Department of Pediatrics, Child Care Section (ElMahadi, AlTurki, AlMuneef), King Abdullah Specialized Children’s Hospital; from the College of Medicine (AlFarhan), King Saud bin Abdulaziz University for Health Sciences; from College of Medicine (AlMelhem), King Faisal University; and from the King Abdullah International Medical Research Center (Saleheen), Riyadh, Kingdom of Saudi Arabia.
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Saleheen Hassan
From the Department of Pediatrics, Child Care Section (ElMahadi, AlTurki, AlMuneef), King Abdullah Specialized Children’s Hospital; from the College of Medicine (AlFarhan), King Saud bin Abdulaziz University for Health Sciences; from College of Medicine (AlMelhem), King Faisal University; and from the King Abdullah International Medical Research Center (Saleheen), Riyadh, Kingdom of Saudi Arabia.
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Maha Almuneef
From the Department of Pediatrics, Child Care Section (ElMahadi, AlTurki, AlMuneef), King Abdullah Specialized Children’s Hospital; from the College of Medicine (AlFarhan), King Saud bin Abdulaziz University for Health Sciences; from College of Medicine (AlMelhem), King Faisal University; and from the King Abdullah International Medical Research Center (Saleheen), Riyadh, Kingdom of Saudi Arabia.
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vol. 43 no. 6 610-617
DOI 
https://doi.org/10.15537/smj.2022.43.6.20220117
PubMed 
35675939

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Saudi Medical Journal
Online ISSN 
1658-3175
History 
  • Received February 10, 2022
  • Accepted May 11, 2022
  • Published online June 7, 2022.

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Copyright: © Saudi Medical Journal This is an Open Access journal and articles published are distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial License (CC BY-NC). Readers may copy, distribute, and display the work for non-commercial purposes with the proper citation of the original work.

Author Information

  1. Maha AlFarhan, MD,
  2. Jana AlMelhem, MD,
  3. Abeer ElMahadi, MD,
  4. Haneen AlTurki, MD,
  5. Saleheen Hassan, MD and
  6. Maha Almuneef, MD, FAAP⇑
  1. From the Department of Pediatrics, Child Care Section (ElMahadi, AlTurki, AlMuneef), King Abdullah Specialized Children’s Hospital; from the College of Medicine (AlFarhan), King Saud bin Abdulaziz University for Health Sciences; from College of Medicine (AlMelhem), King Faisal University; and from the King Abdullah International Medical Research Center (Saleheen), Riyadh, Kingdom of Saudi Arabia.
  1. Address correspondence and reprint request to: Dr. Maha Almuneef, Pediatric Department, King Abdullah Specialized Children’s Hospital, King Saud bin Abdulaziz University for Health Sciences, Riyadh, Kingdom of Saudi Arabia. E-mail: mahamuneef{at}gmail.com ORCID ID: http://orcid.org/0000-0002-8730-0203
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