American Journal of Preventive Medicine
Volume 35, Issue 4 , Pages 364-369 , October 2008

Speak Softly—and Forget the Stick: Corporal Punishment and Child Physical Abuse

  • Adam J. Zolotor, MD, MPH

      Affiliations

    • Department of Family Medicine, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, Chapel Hill, North Carolina
    • Injury Prevention Research Center, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, Chapel Hill, North Carolina
    • Corresponding Author InformationAddress correspondence and reprint requests to: Adam J. Zolotor, MD, MPH, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, CB# 7595, Chapel Hill NC 27599-7595
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  • Adrea D. Theodore, MD, MPH

      Affiliations

    • Department of Social Medicine, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, Chapel Hill, North Carolina
    • Department of Pediatrics, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, Chapel Hill, North Carolina
    • ,
  • Jen Jen Chang, PhD

      Affiliations

    • Department of Community Health, Saint Louis University, St. Louis, Missouri
    • ,
  • Molly C. Berkoff, MD, MPH

      Affiliations

    • Department of Pediatrics, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, Chapel Hill, North Carolina
    • ,
  • Desmond K. Runyan, MD, DrPH

      Affiliations

    • Injury Prevention Research Center, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, Chapel Hill, North Carolina
    • Department of Social Medicine, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, Chapel Hill, North Carolina
    • Department of Pediatrics, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, Chapel Hill, North Carolina

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PII: S0749-3797(08)00600-4

doi: 10.1016/j.amepre.2008.06.031

American Journal of Preventive Medicine
Volume 35, Issue 4 , Pages 364-369 , October 2008

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