Dehydration deaths in infants and young children

American Journal of Forensic Medicine and Pathology

Volumn 17, Issue 1, 1996, Pages 73-78

  Whitehead, F J ^a   Couper, R T L ^b   Moore, L ^a   Bourne, A J ^a   Byard, Roger W ^a,b  

^a WOMEN S AND CHILDREN S HOSPITAL   (Australia)

^b UNIVERSITY OF ADELAIDE   (Australia)

Author keywords

Childhood; Dehydration; Gastroenteritis; Unexpected death

Indexed keywords

ELECTROLYTE;

ABORIGINE; ARTICLE; AUSTRALIA; AUTOPSY; CHILD; CHILD DEATH; CHROMOSOME ABERRATION; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONGENITAL ADRENAL HYPERPLASIA; CYSTIC FIBROSIS; DEHYDRATION; ENZYME LINKED IMMUNOSORBENT ASSAY; FAILURE TO THRIVE; FEMALE; GASTROENTERITIS; HIGH TEMPERATURE; HUMAN; INFANT; MALE; MENTAL DEFICIENCY; NEGLECT; NEWBORN; ROTAVIRUS; VITREOUS BODY;

CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; DEHYDRATION; FEMALE; GASTROENTERITIS; HUMANS; INFANT; INFANT, NEWBORN; MALE; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; ROTAVIRUS;

EID: 0030041336     PISSN: 01957910     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/00000433-199603000-00014     Document Type: Article

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