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Editorial
. 2024 Mar 19;331(11):918-919.
doi: 10.1001/jama.2024.0899.

Struggling to Stem the Tide of Child Maltreatment

Samantha Schilling  1 , Joanne N Wood  2   3 , Cindy W Christian  2   3
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Editorial

Struggling to Stem the Tide of Child Maltreatment

Samantha Schilling et al. JAMA. .

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Conflict of interest statement

Conflict of Interest Disclosures: Dr Wood reported receiving grants from the Annie E. Casey Foundation outside the submitted work. Dr Christian reported receiving personal fees from multiple government agencies and legal firms and that she provides medical legal expert work in child abuse cases outside the submitted work. No other disclosures were reported.

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