Shearman J K, Evans C E, Boyle M H, Cuddy L J, Norman G R
J Fam Pract. 1983 Feb;16(2):289-93.
Eighty-six abused children identified by two Children's Aid Societies in Hamilton-Wentworth County, Ontario, were compared with 86 controls born in the same hospital. Three factors were significantly more common in the abused group: (1) low socioeconomic status of the mother, (2) younger age at time of delivery, and (3) indication of a psychosocial problem recorded in the medical chart. The failure to find significant differences between abused children and controls in birthweight, Apgar score, and prematurity contrasts with earlier investigations of infant characteristics and child abuse.
安大略省汉密尔顿-温特沃斯县的两家儿童援助协会确定的86名受虐儿童，与在同一家医院出生的86名对照儿童进行了比较。在受虐组中，有三个因素明显更为常见：（1）母亲的社会经济地位低下，（2）分娩时年龄较小，（3）病历中记录有社会心理问题。在出生体重、阿普加评分和早产方面，受虐儿童与对照儿童之间未发现显著差异，这与早期对婴儿特征和虐待儿童情况的调查结果形成对比。
