Wider collateral damage to children in the UK because of the social distancing measures designed to reduce the impact of COVID-19 in adults

Esther Crawley¹, Maria Loades^{1

2}, Gene Feder³, Stuart Logan⁴, Sabi Redwood⁵, John Macleod^{2

5}

Affiliations

¹ Centre for Academic Child Health, Bristol Medical School, University of Bristol, Bristol, UK.
² Department of Psychology, University of Bath, Bath, UK.
³ Academic Primary Care, University of Bristol Faculty of Health Sciences, Bristol, UK.
⁴ Child Health, University of Exeter Medical School, Exeter, UK.
⁵ Applied Research Collaborative (ARC) West, University of Bristol, Bristol, UK.

Editorial

Esther Crawley et al. BMJ Paediatr Open. 2020.

. 2020 May 4;4(1):e000701.

doi: 10.1136/bmjpo-2020-000701. eCollection 2020.

Esther Crawley¹, Maria Loades^{1

2}, Gene Feder³, Stuart Logan⁴, Sabi Redwood⁵, John Macleod^{2

5}

¹ Centre for Academic Child Health, Bristol Medical School, University of Bristol, Bristol, UK.
² Department of Psychology, University of Bath, Bath, UK.
³ Academic Primary Care, University of Bristol Faculty of Health Sciences, Bristol, UK.
⁴ Child Health, University of Exeter Medical School, Exeter, UK.
⁵ Applied Research Collaborative (ARC) West, University of Bristol, Bristol, UK.

No abstract available

Keywords: adolescent health; child abuse; epidemiology.

Conflict of interest statement

Competing interests: None declared.

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